Word: whisperingly
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...private, though, some Chinese scientists whisper that the country's stated goals-growing seeds in space or searching the moon for the isotope helium 3 for possible use in nuclear fusion reactors-could be accomplished more cheaply and easily with robotic explorers. Many predict that after the political goal of putting a man in space has been achieved, the program's timetables will stretch. Yet few Chinese scientists have dared to question the manned program openly. One who did, Wang Xiji, designed China's first recoverable satellites and argued in a technical journal last year that China "should not choose...
...been a schoolteacher and had earned more in that profession than her husband did now. Serving masala chais with a faintly resigned air, she called her husband out to meet me. Much less outgoing than his wife, he nodded deferentially before stating, in little more than a whisper, how many rupees I owed...
...KINGSBURY MANX. Grammy-winning songstress Norah Jones nabbed a slice of the spotlight from today’s pop divas by eschewing the theatrics and focusing on her unique, raspy vocals. The Kingsbury Manx already seem to have learned that a whisper can speak louder than a whoop when it comes to polishing their own low-key tunes. Taking its cue from Britpop, the North Carolina outfit casts a shadowy and intimate tone over its songs, leaving listeners rocking on their country porches and floating away on meditations about cabbages, kings and everything in between. Friday, August...
...took a worst case scenario view in estimating Iraq's stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and then, in the State of the Union Address, President Bush credulously trumpeted bogus evidence that the Saddam was buying uranium from Niger. With climate change, however, the Bush Administration grasps at every whisper of doubt and demands a standard of proof that would make it difficult to prove that the earth orbits...
...begins. Actors lip-sync and act out various bad songs. Then a Tim Curry lookalike makes his way up the theater, stopping right by Goodwin’s aisle seat. “Imagine this was your last night to have fun,” his ruby red lips whisper. “Does anyone here want to kiss a perfect stranger tonight...