Word: sighingly
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When the curtain first rises, you are plunged into a thickly tangled plot that may take you the whole first act to unravel. Basically, the main character is not really the medieval German emperor, (sigh of relief from those who hate historical plays), but a twentieth-century Italian aristocrat who suffered a fall from his horse during a mock-medieval pageant and remained convinced that he was actually Henry IV. In order to humor him, his relatives have totally recreated Henry's courts, with servants in medieval dress, oil lamps instead of electric lights, visiting abbots and monks--the works...
...station was flooded with calls from irate viewers. Like most public officials, Houston Mayor Louis Welch issued no formal statement. He explained: "People view the end of this war with more thanksgiving than celebration." The Boston Globe commented that the war concludes "not with a cheer but a sigh...
...here. But it must be here. He wrote me a letter to thank me." A flurry of pages and, with a sigh of relief, she lands on the right spot: "G" for General de Gaulle. "He can do no wrong," reads that entry...
When Henry Kissinger left Paris last week, ending his third round of talks with Chief North Vietnamese Negotiator Le Due Tho, the Paris press corps heaved a collective sigh of relief. "My desire for an agreement," said CBS Bureau Chief Peter Kalisher just before the negotiations adjourned, "is topped only by my desire for Kissinger to go home so I can get some sleep...
...they sigh...