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Word: sighing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...know whether or not I would have passed up the Honda if I had won--yeah, I put my name in the box like everyone else--but my conscience breathed a sigh of relief when the slick PR man crooned, "Peter Grossman, of Ithaca. New York, come on down...

Author: By Jessica Dorman, | Title: Behind the Brouhaha at Barton | 2/25/1986 | See Source »

...decision shows great wisdom. Everybodywill breathe a sigh of relief," said Professor ofEconomics Stephen A. Marglin...

Author: By Maia E. Harris, | Title: Gramm-Rudman Overturned | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

Through, speed, daring, and indescribable rudeness, I made it onto the platform just in time. Heaving a sigh of relief, I sat down on the train, beaming at the passengers around...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Thanks for the Blues | 12/7/1985 | See Source »

...windowpane on an eleventh-inning Darryl Strawberry home run that, except for the stadium clock being digital, put spectators in mind of Roy Hobbs. Naturally, Gooden won the second game, his 24th victory at 20 years old, but the third ended in a nervous stream of Cardinal pitchers, a sigh of St. Louis relief and a 4-3 save of the season...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Sweet Prelude to Playoffs | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

...with, well, a bang. Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, Performance) opens with a tantalizing series of shots: The Actress (names are no more specific--this is, after all, a fairytale) prepares to shoot the famous skirt-blowing scene from The Seven Year Itch. Bystanders leer and sigh, particularly a vaudvillian duo manning the wind machine beneath the grating...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: Odd Couple | 9/20/1985 | See Source »

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