Word: mutterances
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...Flash" was our code word, and countersign was "Thunder." We also had been given a child's cricket snapper. One snap was to be answered by two snaps ... or was it the other way around? "Oh, hell," I mutter. "Just snap the damn thing a few times." In reply, I get, "Look out, I'm coming over." He sounds good to me, and I say, "Come...
...having survived the trauma, I’m returning the favor. I frequently delight in relating embellished accounts of my adventures from back home. Riding kangaroos while drinking Fosters is a personal favorite—and Americans always applaud. And if they’re lucky, I might even mutter a somewhat indignant rendition of “Crikey” for a polite Crocodile Hunter...
...says, so SFS Media plans to produce its own TV programs and webcasts. The major labels seem unsure whether to regard these orchestral maneuvers as a threat or an opportunity. Bill Holland, divisional director of Universal Classics and Jazz, talks of possible future joint ventures, while BMG executives mutter about the "ripple effect" of the new royalties agreements. They'd better make up their minds soon. With new labels imminent from other ensembles, the bandwagon is rolling - and the upstarts are beginning to call their own tune...
...have been filed, though no arrests have yet been made. Headman Anilbhai Manubhai Modi is among the accused, but his uncle initially denies that at least 27 Muslims were killed in their 600-family farming village, then relents, explaining darkly that there were "reasons." Other Hindus, when questioned, merely mutter vaguely about "God's will." The returning Muslims don't know where this leaves them. "We lived together quite happily," recalls farmer Faiz Mohammad Khan. The change precedes the slaughters of February and March: several years back, some prominent Hindus in the village began organizing meetings of the Vishwa Hindu...
Athletes at Harvard have always been treated like second-class citizens by the administration and faculty, all the way down to the non-athletic student body. How many times have the Harvard athletes overheard classmates mutter “Oh, he just got admitted to the College because he plays football” or “Look at the dumb jocks grazing like cattle” as they congregate together in the dining hall...