Word: whisperingly
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...intrusion into Salvadorean affairs we claim to despise. It is a mutilation of history that one of the first nations to be born of popular revolution is now in the business of smashing popular revolutions all over the world. And it is truly frightening that the man who will whisper in President Reagan's ear for the next four years. Edwin Meese, would tell a national television audience that he would not disclose his plans for intervening in El Salvador, because it would be a good thing if the other nations of the world "went to bed at night, wondering...
...group lived on the third floor along with Russian roommates majoring in Philology. They were fairly interested in us--some more than others. Fear of Soviet spying caused us to discuss private matters at a whisper in the hall or on the sidewalk, to make telephone calls from payphones a distance from the dorm, and never to leave the addresses of our local Russian friends in the usual places for such things. Although most became good friends with their roomies, we were careful not to say more than was necessary; every inhabitant of "6" was special. Just to enter this...
...always beautiful, never represented the entire substance of Black talent. The shouts of Black joy, inspired by Emancipation, were muffled by that incessant scolding: "Hush up now, you're free. What more could you possibly want?" Today, on this campus, the desires inherent in Black political expression are a whisper shared by some but still unheard by many. All too often, Black artistic expression loses its power once the lights go up and the audience files out of the theater. The dominant Black voice must be blatantly political--particularly at Harvard...
...once powerful radical faction. "There's not much sympathy for Jiang Qing," said one writer, "but to have done things really fairly, the whole Central Committee would have had to go on trial, since it approved of the Cultural Revolution. The worst criminal," he added in a whisper...
...voice at once so distinctive and beguiling. It too recedes at the right moments, turning mellow at points of intensity. When it wishes to be most persuasive, it hovers barely above a whisper so as to win you over by intimacy, if not by substance. This is style, but not sham. Reagan believes everything he says, no matter how often he has said it, or if he has said it in the same words every time. He likes his voice, treats it like a guest. He makes you part of the hospitality...