Word: sighingly
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Officially, the President pronounced himself "encouraged" by GM's mini-rollback. "I am confident," he said, "that this action will be but one of many examples of restraint by management and labor." Unofficially, Ford's economic advisers breathed a sigh of relief. In their view, the Chief Executive had taken an uncalculated, ill-informed risk that unnecessarily put his prestige on the line when the nation's economic woes could least afford a blow to the new Administration's credibility. It is clear that GM recanted mainly to get the new President off the hook...
...year, you'll breathe a sigh of relief, being safely ensconced in a House, a field of concentration, a circle of friends and set of things to do in your spare time--but it's by no means over...
...mocking smile, and he looks remarkably like the "Silver Fox" for which he is nicknamed. But St. Clair was not smiling as he entered. He deposited a briefcase in his private office, then dropped himself deep into a chair at a small conference table and gave a long, loud sigh. He looked more like a wounded bear...
...renewed emphasis on exports may be bad news for the U.S. and Western European nations. They had breathed a huge sigh of relief early last year when Japan began exporting capital as well as goods and turned its attention to solving such pressing domestic problems as pollution and housing. Through most of last year Japan imported more goods than it exported, trimming its reserves of foreign currencies from a bloated $19 billion to a more moderate $12 billion in the process...
...bleached purple flowers, because the land exhales the tolerance and beauty of what endures. Little rain falls, the earth is riddled with rocks that men have been heaving into meandering low walls for generations; the olive trees are strong and timeless but can't escape the battering winds and sigh and hunch towards the ground. Still there are cypress that tower slender in clans of two or three, and there is sweet honey in the hives that range the mountains. Greek people honor the simplicity of their land--they build white houses with pure geometric lines and they accept...