Word: moans
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...hoisted off the ground by his hands, which are tied behind his back in such a way that the stretching of the nerves often causes paralysis of the arms. Says one Uruguayan torture victim: "People on the Hook cannot take a deep breath or hardly any breath. They just moan; it's a dreadful, almost inhuman noise...
Half the women and a few of the men are now sobbing. A few more women shriek and moan into the microphones, then the temperature is raised a bit and the Holy Roller phase is over...
...things: to keep the blood moving and the mind awake during the early morning and the five hour lecture period; and to capitalize on the William James theory that action precedes feeling. For example, look at any University dining hall early in the morning. Many of us moan and groan because it is early morning. But each time we do, we remind ourselves--audibly--how lousy we feel. By acting depressed, especially early in the morning, it's easy to keep feeling depressed. In contrast, by acting alert and awake, it becomes easier to feel alert and awake...
...from prison, "He tried to find a way back in/To the life he'd left behind," but this is not Frank Sinatra coming back to Brooklyn after the service, looking for his finance and his old crowd: Joey, Joey, what made them want to come and blow you away?" moan Dylan and Emmylou Harris in the chorus. Safe to assume it had something to do with the fact that he arranged for the assassination attempt on Joseph Columbo. Safe to assume too that Dylan knows that, in which case the chorus takes on a satirical quality...
Holmes: "I don't mind knocking somebody out. If I hear a moan and a groan coming from a player I've hit, the adrenaline flows within me. I get more energy and play harder...