Word: sighings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With an almost audible sigh of relief, Great Britain last week laid down its role of policeman to the world, and in one bold step advanced into the nuclear age, where its troops will be fewer, its weapons deadlier, and its costs lower. In doing so, Britain almost gratefully abandoned its claim, which has sounded increasingly hollow even to British ears, to rank with the world's two major military powers...
Last week, as U Nu returned to take up the burden of office, former Premier U Ba Swe breathed a sigh of relief. He was free at last to spend more time on the ponies and shooting pool near the bar at the Union of Burma Club...
...objective, or even a real expectation. It stands, however, as a reminder that the world does not recognize the legality of Soviet de facto control over the satellites, and the the subjugated peoples of these countries will not be forgotten by a shrug of the shoulders and a despairing sigh...
Faced with this new demand, architects find themselves confronted with an age-old problem. The oldest solution to building an ideal structure for listening still seems the best; the ancient Greek and Roman amphitheaters were often acoustically so good that a sigh on stage carried to the farthest row. How to get the same characteristics under a roof and still make room for 100-piece orchestras, huge choral groups and whole opera companies with their oversize sets, ballet corps and costume designers is testing anew the ingenuity of the present generation of architects. Among their solutions...
With a feeling of happy anticipation and a sigh of relief I read in yesterday's CRIMSON, "Coming soon! The CRIMSON Telephone Directory." I admit it. I have been beaten. What small amount of sales resistance was present at the beginning of the term has long since vanished. It cracked each time I pored through the Boston Directory only to find that the phone was listed in whatever-is-his-roommate's name. It crumbled each time I called Weld Information after hours...