Word: murmurs
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...audio feed. Almost inaudible, but at full volume has a seductive, murmur-like sound, as though I am picking up the faint echoes of a political convention somewhere in the afterworld...
...press, which might be tempted to play up the health issues because of a a desperately slow news cycle, remains curiously uninspired by Cheney's health problems. Unlike Bill Bradley's nearly imperceptible heart murmur, which was front-page news for days, Cheney's series of heart attacks may have provided the candidate with a badge of survival, an armor against frivolous speculation. If this guy weathered three heart attacks, the press corps may be musing, he's got to be tough. It's possible, of course, that the official announcement of the Bush-Cheney ticket will open the floodgates...
Along the way, Smith's physical condition deteriorated, and he had to quit his security job. He developed throat cancer and now speaks through a voice box. "I got sick," he says. "I got a thyroid [condition], cancer, low sugar, high blood pressure, heart murmur. I got everything. I'm lucky to be alive...
Star absentia wasn't the only contributing factor to the general pathos of disorder that reigned at the awards. The show started with the seats less than half-filled, and late-comers only contributed to the rumbling murmur of voices that was a constant fixture throughout the award presentations. Most of the dissident noise was less subtle. The Goths across the aisle from me weren't the only ones carousing; one suspects several of the obstreperous performers and presenters imbibed before taking the stage as well. The Shods, presenting Best Country Act, came on stage eating and griping about being...
...Accusation #2: The "Tom Ripley" Affair. This is unsubstantiated gossip if I've ever heard it, but I might as well report it. According to the New York Post, Hollywood is buzzing that Matt Damon is unhealthily obsessed with... Mark Wahlberg. [collective murmur] It's an elaborate story - according to columnist Richard Jonson, Matt fears Wahlberg as his Ripley-esque rival; Wahlberg is more "real," coming from the streets of Boston instead of the sheltered life of Cambridge and Harvard and Wahlberg can easily snatch up the roles that Damon is too prissy to play. Damon's growing obsession with...