Word: thuds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when Foale entered the spherical transfer node that connects the main module to Soyuz and the four other modules, he felt and heard a sudden, sickening thud. Somewhere on the outside of one of the station's modules, Progress had hit fast and hard. An instant later, a deafening Klaxon went off, a signal that Mir's electronic brain was also aware of the impact...
...exact revenge on six men who (he is told) raped his girlfriend, Gabby, after her act at a private strip-show. As he knows nothing about the city, Mick ducks into a bookstore to buy a map, but comically, he accomplishes little more than entertaining us with the plop-thud of his wooden dialogue: "'What's your name?' Mick asked. She hesitated before saying, 'Judy. Judy Tanaka.' 'Very exotic,' he said. 'Not really. In Japan, Tanaka is the equivalent of Smith. But we're not in Japan, so it's still exotic...
...They lifted the sheet, and I heard a 'thud' behind me," Eisenberg laughed, her dark eyes shining, "It was the young man beside me-he'd fainted...
Balancing the humor is plenty of heart-pounding action and suspense--the Indiana Jones survival tactics, sprays of gunfire, sharp blows and the heavy thud of falling bodies. And of course, the token patriotic fervor of America versus foreign terrorists, as Marshall, unable to cut the red, white and blue wires, correctly chooses the yellow and green...
...later, she woke up wondering what she was doing lying on the floor--the strain of lifting the bed had been too much for her back, which she had injured earlier while rowing crew. Strangely, I had been sitting in the common room and hadn't even noticed a thud. Neither had our other roommate, working in her room with the door closed less than 10 feet away. If she had remained unconscious for the rest of the day, I doubt I would have noticed--in fact, if she had fallen into a coma for the rest of the week...