Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sympathy for the Administration line, it only because the Secretary maintained his composure in the face of extreme discourtesy. Curiously enough, a silent protest during the whole speech involving people draped with blood-stained garments labeled "Grenada," "Nicaragua," "Lebanon," and so forth might have been effective: but the angry sound of many voices spoiled...
Both allocations are tricky politically because they do not result in immediate capital improvements. But Healy told the council the spending proposals are "good, sound, long-range planning...
...difficult for us to sound opinion. I am sure, however, that after a period of propaganda by the authorities in this country saying there is this danger, many Soviets will believe it. On the other hand, there is a kind of tom-tom system that operates here, and people do get their opinions from other sources, at least the opinion-makers in this system do, and they may have some doubts as to whether what is being put out as the official line is the whole truth...
...alarms to phones that will dial two numbers when smoke is detected ($199 a system, $29 a link). A pocket-size medical transmitter ($49) alerts a unit ($199) that dials up to two numbers if a patient needs immediate attention. Gulf + Western's Sensaphone ($250) monitors room temperatures, sound levels and electrical systems. If a room's temperature rises above or drops below a preset level when a householder is away, perhaps because of a fire or a pipe-freezing chill, the device will automatically send a message to one of four emergency numbers. Technicom's Energy...
Several minutes of the movie are merely stiffs of Dorothy scantily clad, with the whirring sound of camera shutters in the background. Hitcheock used sly tricks to make his audience feel like voyeurs: Fosse flatly hits you with the accusation that there is a little of Snider in all of us, that given a choice between a picture of Dorothy and the real thing, you'll take the snapshot, and make her into an object of your slavering fantasies, judging her only against Playboy's photo ideal of the perfectly formed "girl next door." Many tribal groups refuse to have...