Word: whispers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...version of A Hard Day's Night every Monday night at 7:30 is a dismal reflection of the power of big money and connections in the music industry. The boys themselves are fully aware of their freakish birth and, for now, speak of "The Group" in a subdued whisper. "You know that if we could ever be one-fourth as good as the Beatles we would be happy," one said...
...everyone knows, Brown has his failings. He has shown no foresight in dealing with the Negro slums of Watts in Los Angeles and McAllister-Hunter's Point in San Francisco. His once firm support of open housing laws has faded to a hoarse whisper in the face of massive voter antagonism. In moments of crisis, particularly during the Berkeley demonstrations two years ago, he has vacillated and yielded to irrational pressures...
Hilles is the first University library designed to make studying a pleasure. The chairs are comfortable; the tables are attractively arranged in small isolated groups. There is no better place to whisper to a study-date or read casually in carpeted comfort. But the architect clearly hasn't worked in a long time...
...Houston Oilers 52-13 - thereby humbling an outfit that was favored to win not only the game but also the American Football League's eastern division championship. That one game may not make them the best team in pro football or even the A.F.L. - but don't whisper that within earshot of their defensive line, which weighs in at 260 Ibs. a man. What the Jets certainly are at this point in the season is the most expensive, explosive and exciting ball club in anybody's league...
...masturbatory equivalent. Certainly the ability to take control of a situation relieves anxiety, and what control is given to the manipulator of a hi-fi apparatus when with the flick of a wrist he may attenuate his treble, emphasize his bass, turn down the volume to a whisper, or blast the neighbors with a Niagara of sound...