Word: shuddering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Olympic long jump was supposed to be a two-man contest between the U.S.'s Ralph Boston and Russia's Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, coholders of the world record (27 ft. 4¾ in.). Beamon's unpolished jumping style made purists shudder and write off as a fluke his indoor world record of 27 ft. 2¾ in. last March. Sometimes he took off from his right foot, sometimes from his left. He often did not bother to count his strides on the approach. In the qualification trials, he fouled on his first two jumps and barely made...
...viewer as he enters. Yet there is no ex-Cliffie receptionist to threaten you at the door, no sickening plunge into wall-to-wall restraint and exclusiveness like one finds in New York's big galleries. The drawers and drawers of prints are open to anyone. You may shudder at shuffling and bending beautiful Goyas as you look through the stacks of prints. But at least you can see them for yourself with no hassle, look, touch, browse as long as you want--and you might even buy something...
...Essay on black magic in the same issue as a leading story on George Wallace [Sept. 27]. The increased attraction to irrational solutions to our current social problems so prevalent among the American electorate this year is nowhere greater than in the supporters of Wallace. It makes me shudder to think that a politician with his lack of originality could draw such a sizable following. Or perhaps 13.5 million adult Americans can't be wrong. Perhaps, as I enter the voting booth this November, I should close my eyes tightly...
...only twelve and "borrowed" one of the family cars. It ran out of gas, and he pushed it all the way home. He barely got it back in the garage before his father walked into the house. "If he had caught me," says McLain with a reminiscent shudder, "I wouldn't be alive today...
...before has the SEC faced such pressures for radical surgery on the heart of the securities business. Even if it should finally side with the stock exchanges, the Justice Department could force the issue into the courts with an antitrust suit. That is a prospect that makes Wall Street shudder...