Word: mutterings
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...Knack gives almost a magical impression of freshness, there is little in it technically that is new. Perhaps Lester's major innovation is his use of a chorus. As Nancy alights from her bus, or Tolen and date roar by on his motorcycle, a succession of middle-aged onlookers mutter about the degeneration of youth. (Sometimes we hear only their voices, as in counterpoint.) The comments abound in unintentional puns, doubles entendres, and misunderstandings...
While the danse macabre was replayed in slow motion on video tape, the baffled Boston fans could only mutter they'd been had. The buddy of Mr. 200 suspected it would happen: "When they ran out of Bud an hour before the fight, I knew it was all over. A sign, that's what it was, a sign." No one could believe that the ugly Liston had been felled by a love...
...University. In Philadelphia, she practiced criminal law, became an assistant D.A., and in 1959 overwhelmingly won election to a ten-year term on the county court. Barely 5 ft. tall, she peers from the bench atop three extra cushions and often keeps no-lunch court hours that make attendants mutter, "She's made of steel...
...Speechmaker Barry Goldwater, with a get-well card that added, "No campaign is worth the name without you." Old H.S.T., however, had already welcomed Goldwater to Missouri with a radio blast taped before the accident and broadcast afterward. Caught with his timing somewhat out of joint, Harry could only mutter, "That's one for the books...
...pass defense that has given up 421 yards in two games runs head-on into the best passer in the Ivy League Saturday when Harvard meets Columbia. "That Roberts," John Yovicsin has been heard to mutter. "He can kill you all by himself. If we help him along--well--I hate to think about...