Word: murmurous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Murmur of the Heart...
Weight could be a problem to Miller, who missed half of his freshman football games due to a heart murmur. "The doctors hear a swishing in my heart, but it never bothers me," Miller said...
...hand and rumps with the other, a judge crouches in the center of the ring, staring each bleating contestant in the eye. He gets up, walks over and sticks a finger into a sheep's chest to see how firm it is. If firm, the two dozen spectators murmur approval: if the judge's finger sinks deep into the sheep's chest, a groan goes up. After half an hour of prodding and measuring, groaning and murmuring and bleating, the judge straightens up and signals for the Suffolk Sheep Queen to come out and distribute ribbons...
...constitution, he abolished the document earlier this year and transformed the Prime Minister and Cabinet into what he calls the King's Council. He also abolished all political parties, banned political meetings and announced that he would rule by decree. From his 400,000 subjects came not a murmur of protest, not even when he jailed the former opposition leader on flimsy charges. This week Sobhuza is expected to announce the formation of a commission to draw up a new constitution. Undoubtedly, it will cement his ultraconservative one-man rule...
...legendary period for movies: The Conformist, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Sunday Bloody Sunday, Five Easy Pieces, Murmur of the Heart, The Wild Bunch, The Godfather, The Sorrow and the Pity. The list supports the idea that America is no longer divided into two publics, the demanding and the undiscerning. Thanks in part to movies, the line between high and popular art has faded into a blur...