Word: speechlessly
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...Command Decision." Stunned Democrats were slow to react. For the first time in Washington memory, Minnesota's Hubert Humphrey was speechless. California's Governor Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown soon weighed in with a statement that "the conservatives are in complete charge." Adlai Stevenson lamented that Rocky's decision had left everything to Vice President Nixon: "Whether he is to be the new Nixon or the old Nixon, he remains the same Nixon." Stevenson praised Rockefeller as a "forward-looking liberal." It was clear that as far as the Democrats were concerned, nothing became Rocky's candidacy...
...Patty backstage is still often the grade-school child, an inveterate lap sitter. Onstage she is a polished professional who can think on her feet. Once, when a set door stuck and Anne Bancroft swore helplessly under her breath, Patty promptly began making her "noises," the grunts of the speechless, to cover Anne's indiscretion. When Anne finally whispered, "I'm going to shove you out the window," Patty made the drop and managed to make her way to her stage mother...
...cold-voiced Malvolio, Fritz Weaver is adequate. His best moment, though, occurs when he is speechless: in his cross-gartered scene he brings along the forged letter and, misinterpreting Olivia's question, "Wilt thou go to bed, Malvolio?," drops it on the ground in stunned amazement. William Daniels' Sebastian leaves a favorable impression. Frederick O'Neal looks the part of the sea-captain Antonio, but his Shakespearean diction is woefully deficient...
...from the beginning tormented and slaughtered these less fortunate ones. Now little Able and Baker carry on the story of man's prowess with the helpless. Four mice have known anguish in a nose cone that became a flaming oven. These are the forerunners of a host of speechless creatures that will be shot into air as coldly and indifferently as spitballs...
...Plume de Ma Tante. This antic French revue is virtually speechless and so are its laugh-weary audiences...