Word: mutter
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...owners, naturally, seldom see eye to eye with a man dedicated to the proposition that no horse should ever have an unfair advantage, that no horseman should ever get a fast shuffle. Only recently, one well-heeled habitue of Belmont's Turf and Field Club was heard to mutter: "I used to think I hated Roosevelt; then I saw the Jamaica condition book...
...from Aristotle to Freud-has yet worked out a satisfactory definition of humor. Allen concludes that the relationship of the TV fan to his favorite comic is a little like falling in love. Within six months the honeymoon is over. After a year, the fan begins to mutter critical asides. In two years he may switch to another channel. Allen's purpose in writing his book is to make "an examination and somewhat relaxed analysis of television humor"; his major concern is to give his readers a better understanding of TV comedians, and his devout hope is that...
Spread the Gospel. The squabbling, pressures, antagonisms became so violent that at times Hurok was heard to mutter that he had always been able to make a good living without TV, and if RCA and Bing didn't watch out, "that's what he would go back...
Right near the top of the list we'll put down Success for The Teams, underlining a win over Yale in all departments, particularly swimming. But there'll be no requests for undefeated seasons. How then could the coach flex his check muscles and mutter something about "Just wait till next year"? And with solid wins what would happen to the grand old phrase of "...not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game...
...might have heard one of the muddy-numbers mutter, "Sometimes I don't know why I play football," obviously thinking about the frustration of waiting for his coach to yell, "O.K., warm up." The writer could possibly have known that there is no glory in being a j.v. Maybe some slither along in the mud of the practice field in anticipation of a greater glory next year on the varsity, but the others know that they have little chance of becoming varsity players, let alone varsity stars . . . it just doesn't happen very often...