Word: sighed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...soap operas seemed as spotless as if they had been scrubbed down by the sponsor's product; now the TV actors seem to need their mouths washed out with it. The girl who wondered if her parents knew about her abortion used to be put off with a sigh; now she is told outright: "No, they think you have ruptured ovarian cysts." Confidential for Women presents melodramas of domestic relations out of Albee by Metalious. He: "I hope our daughter doesn't turn into a dried up, emasculating . . ." She: "Oh, shut up! If you don't like...
...taken on a new course, and night after night he sat at his desk composing his lectures. Meanwhile, his wife sat on the couch near by, quietly scribbling away with a pencil. One evening she stopped, drew a firm line on the paper and said with a sigh of relief, "There. That's done. Would you like to read it?" Highet said rather vaguely, "Yes, of course." He started to read the pages covered with his wife's precise handwriting, and discovered to his amazement that it was a suspense tale about a British couple who undertook...
...trembles with his role. On the throne, his voice is deep, yet forced and cracked like Lear's authority. At Regan's castle, Lear mutters and sputters in tone anger. As he rages against the storm the voice nears a shriek. At the end it is a quavering sigh...
Wilson who could sigh that "This conference has been a very great success" -if only because he gained a little time...
...shooting every time he got his hands on the ball. "Say, Smitty," Chamberlain whispered to him jokingly, "you're making it awfully tough for me to win that award." Smith smiled and kept shooting. By game's end, he had scored 24 points, and everybody heaved a sigh of relief when N.B.A. President Walter Kennedy handed him the keys to the Ford. All Smith had at home was a 1965 Thunderbird...