Word: sighings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hahrvud's sacred professor gets panned in the Sock Sigh One section," a student who sold me the book said...
...been through the years; last year alone the feud took 40 lives. Recently, however, Mexico State Governor Salvador Sánches Colin proposed a solution: the state will pay San Simón 50,000 pesos for the 350 acres and cede the land to El Guarda. With a sigh, the elders of both villages agreed...
...asked Abdias to repeat the dates and places. A fortnight ago, as the two men basked in the prison courtyard sun, José blurted out: "Abdias, do you still hate the man who clubbed you?" Abdias replied philosophically: "No, those are the risks of our trade." With a sigh José unburdened himself: "Abdias, my friend, forgive me. I was on the other end of that club. You are supposed to be dead, and I am serving time for your murder...
...Dance. There was no question about it: the Danes were a success. Ted Shawn heaved a sigh of relief; his importation of the troupe represented a personal risk of some $10,000. But the acknowledged dean of U.S. dancing has been taking risks all his life. One night last week he leaned back in an old rocker on his farmhouse porch, poured himself a tall brandy and soda, and reminisced about...
...cops and newsmen, impressed with his knowledge of Shakespeare, urged him to risk four years' pay for eight. His decision? O'Hanlon admitted that "on one side is the egotism of a scholar; on the other side is the conservatism of a father." Then he heaved a sigh and added. "I have decided to take the $16,000." The studio audience exploded into wild applause. O'Hanlon's wife beamed. Soon after, O'Hanlon left the studio, wife on his arm, and a $16,000 certified check in hand...