Word: squeakly
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...language, on the other hand, does not prevent what Critic Erich Auerbach described as "artful and meticulous composition unequaled in the whole of literature." The last canto of I'Inferno, for instance, descends to the depths of despair through a brilliant cacophony of rhymes that snarl, snigger, squeak, squitter, screech like a sackful of demented imps. And the structure of the entire poem is a miracle of symmetry; all its canticles are consciously articulated in a great Golden Section, an ancient system of proportion in which the nature of God and the structure of the human soul are reconciled...
...unhappiest ally was undoubtedly Erhard, who has been buffeted for weeks by a series of ill foreign winds. One from the Middle East finally blew itself out last week with the formalization of diplomatic relations between West Germany and Israel-a historic decision that surprisingly drew hardly a squeak from the Arabs. Another has been Erhard's deteriorating relations with Treaty Partner France. But from the Elysée Palace came another balm-a friendly longhand letter from De Gaulle saying he would be glad to move up the date of his next meeting with Erhard. De Gaulle even...
...help his boys discover the real meaning of the Gospel message, Burke has encouraged them to rephrase it in their own terms. The Good Samaritan thus became the "cool square" who helped a mugged victim after a "hood" and a "squeak" (not so cool as a hood) had passed him by. "You don't have to be a 'square' to show love and to be sorry for someone and to help a guy," the parable ends. "But get with it, man-this is what God wants you to do." In the Christmas story, Jesus is born...
...perpetual moue, she sings, dances, suddenly flashes her searchlight smile over an unpromising patch of script-and the lost art of ultrasophisticated comedy springs to life on the instant. She seems more assured than ever as a chic dissembler who has hung by her fingernails through many a tight squeak. As one swindle takes shape, she dryly murmurs to Belmondo: "Be there at 3:08 sharp-I'll be working without a net." Working together, they prove again that one sure way to fill out a meager movie is to feed it a couple of top bananas...
Mann scored his breakthrough when he discovered that the gentle flute, an upstaged squeak in the company of flashy trumpets and saxophones, could best flex its personality against a background of drums. Mann formed an Afro-Jazz Sextet and embarked in 1959 on a highly successful four-month tour of 17 African countries...