Word: whimpered
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...prodigal. Dreams and visions abound, and the demonic villain has supernatural powers of indeterminate nature. King can't resist throwing everything into the pot. A TV movie about the apocalypse can get away with quoting Eliot ("This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but a whimper") or Yeats ("What rough beast . . . slouches towards Bethlehem?"), but probably not both. Still, even when The Stand skirts tedium and pretentiousness, King is a rough beast that TV is lucky to have...
SPORT: Not with a Whack but a Whimper...
...will probably never know. The event that began with a whack! has ended with a less-than-satisfying whimper. By plea-bargaining her way out of the tangle, Harding has ensured that she will never have to answer the question that dogged her all the way to the Olympics and back: Did she have a hand in planning the assault on Kerrigan? For her part of the bargain, Harding will pay a $100,000 state fine, make a $50,000 donation to the Special Olympics and reimburse the Multnomah County prosecutor's office for $10,000 in court costs...
Lest you be mislead into thinking I'm going to whimper about the temperature, let me assure you that it's not the weather I'm talking about. Although the excess of snow may still be my most popular gripe and though my New England born neighbors tire of hearing me extol the virtues of the Golden State's perpetual spring, after two long winters I have almost grown accustomed to the idea that not all of my facial accoutrements will survive Harvard intact...
...this example, schools priced above twice the amount of the voucher would not receive any vouchers, and thus unnecessary subsidation of elite private schools could be avoided. Teacher union cries of private school inflation and excessive "defunding" of public schools would quiet to a whimper...