Word: squeal
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...radio, had us rocking as we zipped out of tollbooths. Driving down windy country lanes the car cornered beautifully and handled more precisely than you'd expect from a front-wheel drive setup. Of course, to be an Si fan means loving short-throw manual gear shifts and the squeal of a high-pitched engine in the cabin. It also entails trading a smooth ride for the rattling experience that comes with a sport-tuned suspension...
...valet] said the car kept accelerating.” Other than a heap of wooden fence debris and a dislodged window screen, the damage was concentrated around the 10-foot tall gash where the car penetrated the building. “At first I heard the squeal of tires,” said Scherer, who was on the second floor of the library. “The whole house shook. I went downstairs and the room was filled with smoke. It was hard to breathe.” Although the building, officially dubbed the John Hicks House, now serves...
...Help me, help me! Somebody come help me!” Glazer imitates in a shrill squeal. “Oh Matt! I need you to come...
...office, the President has repeatedly tried to restrict the availability of family-planning services. One-third of the women who seek such services at federally funded clinics are teenagers. In 1983 the Administration further attempted to control teenage access to contraceptives by issuing what quickly became known as the "squeal rule." The regulation required federally funded clinics to notify parents within ten days of prescribing contraceptives to minors. However, the squeal rule was squelched in the courts on the ground that it would have increased unwanted pregnancies and abortions...
...impute to Felt. But Hal Holbrook gives a gnomic, cranky performance as Deep Throat. (Shouldn't there be an Oscar for best performance by an actor you can barely see?) And director Alan Pakula added menacing off-camera sound effects to Holbrook's scenes--a mysterious bump, the sudden squeal of tires as a car departs. Finally, chillingly, Holbrook tells the reporter that his investigative zeal is now placing his life in danger...