Word: sighing
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...like watching a killer whale launch itself with barely a splash completely out of the water. Instead of the usual roar of the engines, the airliner seemed to sigh, as if there were no tension in its wings, which support 811,000 lbs during the demonstration flight. Whoa, the whale can fly! And wait a sec, I'm on the whale...
...pitched to me. Now, when I see those green-jacketed young people hassling folks on their way to work (there’s nothing I hate more than being asked, “Hey, do you have a second for the environment?”), I sigh and shake my head. It can be a drag to work with the administration instead of against it. Meetings, e-mails, closed doors, red tape—it’s never as sexy as spray painting your chest and hooting call-and-response chants through a bullhorn at University Hall. In many...
Diana Krall fans might breathe a sigh of relief. U.S. Marines in Iraq play and sing plenty of music in George Gittoes' documentary Soundtrack to War (2004)-from gore metal to gospel, thrash to rap-but the Canadian songbird's contemporary jazz is not included. "We support you, Diana," says one soldier in the film. "We just can't listen to you when we roll." It's one telling moment in a movie filled with them. Another is the scene where a gospel choir in U.S. Army fatigues breaks off its outdoor rehearsal because of enemy fire: "That...
...that he last saw Chen on Jan. 15. He had lost weight, was plagued by serious stomach problems and was being denied privileges given to other prisoners such as being able to buy food items such as instant noodles. "It is very hard for him," Li said with a sigh. "Can you imagine what it's like to be in prison and be blind? He has no idea where to go or even who is hitting him if he gets hit." Despite repeated requests, Chen's family have not been able to visit him since his last appeal was refused...
...find yourself perusing Facebook for pics of that cute guy in section when you remember—shit! You forgot to submit your paper to your TF! No problem, before long it’s zooming through cyberspace onto her desktop as an email attachment. You breathe a sigh of relief. Life used to be tough, you muse while gazing affectionately at your new best friend and faithful tagalong: the iPhone. A chic mobile, a widescreen mp3 player, a two-megapixel camera and an Internet browser all in one, the $500 iPhone is just slightly larger than a current-generation...