Word: muttering
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...impossible not to know what was happening, even before he pursed his lips to mutter his demand. I looked across the aisle at a young couple, the woman mouthing “Get up! Move!” as obviously as she could without drawing attention to herself while her companion scrutinized the Dr. Zizmor’s hair removal ad overhead...
...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...