Word: whisperingly
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...least two Russian astronauts perish in a space attempt, but that U.S. officials knew the name of one. The Pentagon hastily repudiated Hickman's admittedly unofficial information, adding that the Air Force had "absolutely no evidence" to support the assertion. But last week came a Washington whisper that the Pentagon did indeed have evidence. The new rumor: that U.S. radio-telemetry had picked up the heartbeat of one or possibly two Soviet astronauts as they sat in their capsule in heavily wired space suits that automatically transmitted detailed information on their physiological reactions to Soviet ground control stations...
Having kept his voice to a whisper throughout the presidential campaign, Boston's Richard Cardinal Gushing finally opened up on politics-not to hail victorious Roman Catholic John Kennedy but to give lavish praise to the Quaker loser. Said the Cardinal: "If I were asked to name the good-will man of 1960, I would unhesitatingly give the accolade to Richard Nixon. During the recent campaign he never exploited the religious or any other issue that would tend to divide the American people. When he lost, he was magnificent in defeat...
...hockey arena echoes through the cold concrete passages leading to the locker room. As they dress, the Chicago Black Hawks ignore the din and concentrate on their ritual of making relaxing small talk. But the Black Hawks can seldom find anything helpful to say to the wiry, whisper-voiced man whose square face is delicately crosshatched with scars. Sitting alone, Goalie Glenn Hall, 29, slowly straps on his 40 Ibs. of dark-brown leather pads and fights his regular pre-game battle with his nerves. Great drops of sweat roll down his cheeks, his chest heaves convulsively...
...Loud Whisper. The Cabinet decision brought a prompt announcement that Ben-Gurion would take a four-week holiday from his job. The Prime Minister's aides whispered loudly enough for everyone to hear that the vacation would be followed by Ben-Gurion's resignation if the Cabinet did not reverse itself. Mapai Party leaders went into a desperate huddle and promised to think of something that would pacify their chief...
...name among long-term investors, the type of stockholder that corporations want. All Wall Street might take a lesson from the biggest U.S. company, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Last week it announced an increase in its dividend (see State of Business) without so much as an advance whisper reaching the Street...