Word: palling
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...should've seen the students," I told them, describing the pall which hung over the campus after the news of the catastrophe had spread, the manner in which an Oriental girl burst out crying when a picture of Christa McAuliffe flashed on the screen, the lounges filled with teachers and students and members of the staff: Attentive. Hypnotized. Heartbroken. Spellbound...
...rebellious Republicans grew still after the President entered the room. Ronald Reagan had just returned from a memorial service at Fort Campbell, Ky., and the pall carried over to the gathering on Capitol Hill. There was a moment of silence for the 248 soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division who died in the Arrow Air crash two weeks ago. Then it was down to business. More than 160 G.O.P. Congressmen were eager to explain why they had voted to prevent consideration of a bill drastically overhauling the nation's tax code, and the President was just as eager to persuade...
...However, the committee could certainly demonstrate good faith and avoidance of whitewash by requesting the permission of those who testified to release their testimony. Making the transcripts public with the names of the principles deleted would not compromise anyone's right to privacy and would certainly help lift the pall of doubt and uncertainty that hangs over last spring's events...
...pall of smoke emanating from quake-caused fires first darkened the morning sky, then dissipated. By early afternoon an eerie silence, broken only by the wailing sirens of emergency vehicles, had settled over the normally boisterous city. The sun again broke through, casting a pink glow on crumbled buildings, piles of debris, windowless facades. Outside the remaining half of an apartment building on Calle Atenas, a man in a beige suit sat motionless, as though any shift of his body might dislodge more of the structure. "Please get my daughter, please get la chiquita," he whispered to the rescuers...
...downtown, as Harborplace probably saved Baltimore, why complain? The problem is programmed quaintness: Ghirardelli Square was a revelation 20 years ago, a copy or two elsewhere were great, a few more were fine, O.K.; but when every second downtown in the U.S. gets cheerfully Roused, the formula starts to pall. A pleasurable urban experience ought not to depend on Laura Ashley and Famous Amos...