Word: snarls
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...Khrushchev who had offered him palmolive-branch assurances ("He wants to make peace with us. He wants to get along . . ."), that he pooh-poohed the Hungarian suppression as not the Russians' fault at all and added that "the Hungarian issue is a phony one." With that, a contagious snarl spread through his audience; but no one could really take the old man too seriously. Said the Washington News: "One more trip to Russia and he'll come back believing the Commies invented Lake Erie...
...acting, a demonic possession of the role; and Kim Stanley as Sara shows something of the same fierce stir and brawl. In the role of Con's wife, which O'Neill sentimentalizes a little, Helen Hayes provides a needed counter-effect-a muted violin against the snarl of brass...
...economist, Sylvia Porter is sound enough to command the respect of the business community; as historian, she has an instinct for the larger trends too often buried under reports of day-to-day news. She has a genius for translating a snarl of statistics into down-to-earth realities. Her favorite phrase: "What does it all mean...
...immediately degenerated into a fight for the pole. It took three turns around the 2½mile track before the fast-moving field straightened out enough to satisfy the official starter. Then the green flag fell and 33 big feet pushed 33 throttles to the floorboards. The restrained snarl of the parade whined into the high-powered scream of the annual Memorial Day drive toward fame or death...
Bobby Fischer has always worked at his chess with deadly intensity- an unkempt kid, his hazel eyes glowering beneath a snarl of mouse-brown hair as he systematically plotted checkmate after checkmate. As a tyro, he bawled whenever he lost, and he did not present himself at the high-pressure Manhattan Chess Club until he was sure he could handle just about any man in the place. He was then all of twelve years...