Word: murmures
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...these factors combined made the A. M. A. long-distance heart clinic. Dr. Greer, looking at the wavy line of heart-beat record sent from New York to Chicago in seven minutes, in the form of a telephoned photograph, diagnosed: "Systolic murmur." Dr. Lambert, hearing over long-distance telephone, agreed; and the whole conversation was heard by all the physicians, who could check up the diagnosis themselves through the chart flashed on the screen...
...result of the suspension of rules the Senate is expected to put the bill through in record time. Three readings and an approval by the Senate will send the bill to the governor. No more opposition is expected for it was only in the house that any murmur of disapproval arose...
...thud their chests in the press. To compare many with Caruso is, of course, absurd. But there are, in Manhattan, two Italian gentlemen striving for the place of "leading tenor of the Metropolitan." For several seasons, these two have vied with each other; and still some operagoers will emphatically murmur: "Giovanni Martinelli," others vulgarly shout: "Beniamino Gigli." Last week, in an advertisement for a concert, appeared Beniamino Gigli's name with the caption: "The World's Greatest Tenor." To such lengths had the chest-thudding come. More shouts, more murmurs followed. "With what right," asked many operagoers, "does...
...nominees. Its neglect of this obligation in Sargent's case is quite inconsistent and unpardonable. No sooner had it displayed total disregard for the President's judgment by twice rejecting his first choice for this post, than, with implications of unbounded faith; it approved an unknown man without a murmur. the principle that any nominee offered by the President is to be accepted unless shown to be unfit may conduce to efficient administration. But to sanction a man's appointment to high office without knowing more than his name and address is unjustifiable neglect...
...taken to put the last formal touches to their native genius. After the shock occasioned by the announcement of Dean Briggs' forthcoming departure had given way to feelings of confirmed tragedy, embryonic literati who had hoped to take this advanced course in English composition began to murmur: "What is to become of us? Is English 5 to be no more...