Word: thumping
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...thump of signal drums preceded Major Mike Hoare and his mercenary column as they pushed toward the village of Bafwasende. The message: 'Flee, the white giants are coming." But Hoare and his men cut through the bush to hit Bafwasende from the rear, gunned down some of the rebels before they could escape " including a Simba cap tain carrying written orders to exterminate all white hostages held there...
...Thump, Splash. Reuben ("Ruby the Bookie") Markowitz was a fortyish Brooklynite known to his more naive acquaintances as a $90-a-week grocery clerk. But Fein knew better. Gloria quoted Fein as saying: " 'I had to meet him this afternoon to pay him the money I lost on the World Series. I met him at 4 o'clock. He came up here. We were talking. We had words and I shot...
...herself as a copywriter with a psychology degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and David Broudy, 32, a onetime cabbie and hairdresser. Gloria then sent Fein home "because he was in pretty bad shape," drove to the Harlem River with the others and pushed the trunk in. "There was a thump and a splash," she said. When the body surfaced, there was an even bigger splash...
Everyone just stopped and prayed. Their hearts skipped thump after thump as their throats began to lump (with tears...
...sinister mustache drooping. He leaned over his big bass and began to bow. The mournful, dolorous, lyrical introduction swelled into the horns' full statement of the theme. A flute skittered in. Suddenly a roaring, vibrant alto sax soared over the full horns. Mingus dropped his bow, began to thump. He danced out in front of his bass, bouncing up and down, swarming over the instrument, crashing together swift blocks of strident chords. Drums pounded accents like a Mingus rage coming on. Suddenly, the music was thunder; it was Dante's hell opened up, and Mingus was dancing, exhorting...