Word: sighings
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...time or two. When the ball strayed into the stands, play stopped until the fans returned it to play, something that rarely happens in American sports. American sports are so spoiled, in fact, they tend to demand a new, unblemished ball if a seam so much as feels a sigh coming...
When it was all over, when the slow-motion chase ended in his driveway and night fell with the news that he was in custody, there was a national sigh of relief: O.J., still our O.J., had been pulled back from the brink of suicide; he was safe; it was over. The L.A.P.D., which earlier in the day had looked like Keystone Kops, accepted laurels for patience and restraint. It had been a day full of incipient violence, but as more than one commentator was heard to say at the end of it all, "at least no one was hurt...
...spring of 1969, when Harvard studentsbegan to organize, SDS would be ready.After the takeover of university Hall, SDSfaced counter-protests from moderates andconservatives such as this sigh-toting student(left...
...year's festival jury. Even the weather, which brings more folks to this Cote d'Azur playground than cinephiles would care to admit, was only moderately fabulous. It appeared as if the 47th edition of the movie industry's biggest annual deal-fest would tiptoe into history with a sigh and a shrug...
Since my 37-year-old wife was killed by malignant melanoma 1 1/2 years ago, news of how cancer may be attacked has passed through my mind with a sigh and a feeling that it just doesn't matter anymore. I am cynical when I read of "advances" in cancer treatment, though I am inspired by the work of scientists. Their efforts, combined with education on preventive measures, ( give me hope that others may not have to live through the same atrocity...