Word: whisperer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Kentucky, a startled observer reported: "In the first twenty-four hours the poet was seen to rescue several toads from wells into which they had stumbled; to feed from a bottle the runt pig of a large litter; to rub noses with a calf in a field; to whisper something into the wagging ear of a burro from Texas-imported for his express companionship; to feed countless chickens and ducks; and to ignore only men . . ." Summing up his American experience, Stephens said: "If anyone gets fresh with you in America, particularly taxi drivers, you must say-holding up two fingers...
...Duke (no first name given) who is always cold and has one log longer than the other "because when he was young, he had spent his mornings place-kicking pups and punting kittons." The delightful bumbling Royal rotinue is now a shadowy band of spies called Whisper, and Hark, and Liston...
...days late in July, revolution seemed just a whisper away as enemies of the government demanded the resignation of left-wing President Juan José Arévalo...
...Reporters Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen whirled to journalistic fame on the Washington Merry-Go-Round. The book, and its continuation in a daily column of the same title, told the backstairs story of Washington politics with all the urgency of a cloakroom whisper, and the crusading fervor of a revival meeting...
...American reporters who would like to know what his breeding plans are for Whirlaway, Boussac will politely lift his hat, smilingly extend his hand in greeting. A subaltern will whisper, "M. Boussac thinks you have just paid him a compliment." No matter how well the reporter speaks French, the interview is closed. Four or five years hence, M. Boussac may supply the answer on French, British and possibly U.S. racetracks...