Word: murmuring
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...human error and folly." One thing he was sure of: "the permanent existence of ... a solid layer of savagery beneath the surface of society. ... We move on a thin crust which may at any moment be rent by the subterranean forces slumbering below. From time to time a hollow murmur underground or a sudden spurt of flame into the air tells of what is going on beneath our feet...
...presence of a negro on a team that regularly makes a spring trip as far as south as Maryland. That trip has been made, as usual, and with unhappy consequences. In the first game, against the University of Pennsylvania, the negro played without causing so much as a murmur. In the second game, against the University of Maryland, the student was at first not allowed to play. Administration officials hemmed and hawed and thought up every possible excuse, but the player finally competed, and, incidentally, won the respect of both players and spectators alike. The third game was against...
...this secret that has shaped the speech ... of the perpetual liberalism of Europe." In passing, Ortega y Gasset contributes to a minor but diverting branch of literature-anecdotes about inspired, rhetorical, self-important Novelist Victor Hugo. At his jubilee, Hugo was receiving the foreign representatives. To each he would murmur: "The English representative-ah, Shakespeare!" or "The Spanish representative-ah, Cervantes!" When the representative of Mesopotamia was announced, Hugo was stumped, since there have been no writers of note in Mesopotamia since the dawn of human history. But Hugo quickly recovered his poise. "Mesopotamia," he murmured to his guest...
...more irritating to the British Raj than outright disobedience and is vastly more effective in stirring up Indian resentment against Britain. Although the British-censored press never carries a word about the jailings, the Indian grapevine functions quickly and smoothly. In recent months it has buzzed with a growing murmur of discontent, particularly since most of the Congress leaders have been arrested before committing a crime, have been jailed without a trial...
...brief (1935 to 1937) movie career, in which she was not a great success, she sang arias 50 times running without a murmur of complaint. Lily Pons hates champagne, drinks little wine, likes Coca-Cola, touches hard liquor and cigarets not at all. She still feels faintly seasick all day before a concert or opera performance...