Word: whisperingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...over Venice, slides on, past the windows of the Procuratie Nuove, into the sea; a thousand nightingales awake in cold orchards, anguished with woe and desire for the rose, the white rose of the moon, that the dawn has taken; under a black balcony rises, from unseen lips, a whisper Juliet heard, and Heloise-which tired, tired ladies in upholstered boxes hear again, not daring to open their eyes. Gigli is a friend of Toscanini, who boosted his talents at La Scala, Milan. He has had successes in Spain, Berlin, was once the chief drawing card of the Teatro Colon...
...raised in a twinkling to the Attorney-generalship. Unexpectedly nominated and immediately approved by the Senate, he is already at work on his new duties. It is, indeed, a relief to find such harmony restored within the administration; but whence is this man to whose appointment there is no whisper of opposition? What is his past record, and what his qualifications...
...Means Committee, William McKinley, was supposed to move adjournment at a certain hour, but had not appeared on the floor, Mr. Reed pounded with his gavel and announced: "The gentleman from Ohio moves that the House do now adjourn"; and then, leaning over the rostrum, called in a stage whisper to the clerk: "Where in thunder is the gentleman from Ohio?" When no answer came, he put the motion and declared it carried. Those days are past forever. When Joseph G. Cannon was Speaker, the revolt of 1910 stripped him of his autocratic power; and Champ Clark, who succeeded...
Whether the new party is well born or still born will be determined largely by the economic conditions of the next four years. From the bare whisper which reached the world of last week's activities, some judged that the new babe would never be christened...
Last week, an exhibition of the paintings of Toulouse-Lautrec was held in the Wildenstein Galleries, Manhattan. Between the years 1880 and 1890, this artist was often pointed out by habitues of the Moulin Rouge Cafe, Paris, to friends from out of town; a whisper passed from Parisian mouth to Provincial ear. Amazement, incredulity, re-assertion...