Word: wanning
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...bought bear traps and honey, all of it wasted," said a wan and relatively subdued Cassius Clay, 22, as he left Boston's City Hospital after his hernia operation. But the suffering had clearly left the winningest Pooh-Bah an older and wiser man. "When I went under surgery," he noted, "the doctor told me to count to ten, and on nine I went out. I thought it would be Listen, but I went out on nine...
...gesture of good will? Not exactly. As he recuperated this spring in Honolulu from stab wounds inflicted by a deranged Japanese youth, Reischauer, who is wise in the ways of the Orient, worried about the loss of face his Japanese hosts would suffer if he returned still looking wan and pallid from the ordeal. So day after day, he manfully stretched out on the beach at Waikiki, acquiring a glowing tan for the worried Japanese, who exhaled gustily when he returned to the job looking properly genki (healthy) once again...
...Brother Bobby and his sister, Jean Kennedy Smith, arrived after a 100-mile dash from Boston in a state police car. By then, Teddy was able to summon up a wan smile and murmur: "How are you, Bobby...
...modern artist has stepped as far out into thin air as wan, visionary Frederick Kiesler, 67. More than steel, stone, bronze, wood or oil paints, his medium is space...
...refusal to come home? "This is a sad commentary on the state of American politics. A Lodge victory in Oregon would mean a victory for Madison Avenue; it would have a decided effect on American politics. Campaigning would become completely Madison Avenue-ized." Said Goldwater with a wan smile: "I'm very interested in a trip to Tahiti, so if the Lodge approach works, then I'll go to Tahiti and campaign...