Word: murmur
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...Perle Mesta, Actress Tallulah Bankhead) have given the program a 2.7 Pulse rating against the 2.3 of her veteran rival Mary Margaret McBride. But what disconcerts many listeners is the drumfire of basic-English commercials, fead in pear-shaped Grotonese, with which the show is slittered. Mrs. Roosevelt may murmur to a distinguished guest: "And now I think Elliott would like to say something...
...almost like old times in Deauville. But things were not equally idyllic elsewhere in 'France. Down in Biarritz business was terrible, and a lot of big-name guests were getting free hotel rooms just to provide publicity. The Duke of Windsor had been heard to murmur, as he escorted his Duchess about town: "Now when my father was here...
These sounds across the nation were only an industrial murmur. The most reverberating martial noises came from the West Coast. For several days last week, vehicles rolled along Route 101 from the Marines' Camp Pendleton to the Navy's station at San Diego. Forty-five-ton Pershing tanks lumbered across the beach and into LCTs. Buses disgorged men in green camouflaged uniforms who boarded attack transports...
There was a polite murmur of applause, and the meeting broke...
These groups then sell their blocks to friends at slightly higher prices. This serves the double purpose of raising money and having a social outing at the same time. It is for this reason that there is always a low murmur and clink of glasses during a concert, although Tuesday's was a little restrained...