Word: whisperingly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Other innovations don't just talk, but listen. Wildfire, a digital telephone assistant, understands commands like "check messages" or "send a copy to the home office" that she processes in a fetching Kathleen Turner whisper. Wildfire Communications Inc. believes that its voice-mail system can be developed into a full-fledged disembodied secretary. Wildfire may be helpful to you, but not your hillbilly cousins: she has a hard time understanding regional accents...
...pooh-poohed the Kidman Hypothesis: “There’s no question, absolutely no question that Gwyneth did it.” When asked what exactly Gwyneth “did,” Lee’s voice sunk to a whisper. “You know, murdered him. I mean how much abuse could that poor woman take...
...waiting, too. He was only two months old when his mother abandoned him, overwhelmed by the prospect of raising an Amerasian child on her own. Jaime lives with a foster family, sleeping in a coffin-sized bedroom where he keeps his hip-hop clothes and prized hair gel. Neighbors whisper that his foster father beats him, but there is nowhere for the 14-year-old boy to go. School is out for the former honor-roll student: his foster father recently lost his job and Jaime's $10 tuition was the first expense to be cut. "I'd like...
...admit it: I've gazed longingly at more than one pair of Manolo Blahniks, admiring their whisper-thin heels, spindly straps and delectable design. But I always turn away, sighing as I acknowledge the hopelessness of it all. Even if I ever managed to overcome my puritanical dismay at the idea of handing over half a month's rent for a pair of shoes, countless horror stories have convinced me that the signature Blahnik stiletto would cripple me within moments...
...Maybe. The key is whether Wall Street has finally priced in all the bad earnings news. The best example of that happened last week, when I2 announced lower-than-expected earnings, but the stock popped - apparently the "whisper number" was even lower...