Word: yawned
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Yaaah! In San Jose, Calif., a woman left her dentist with her completely toothless mouth painted a bright purple, spotted a gentleman friend outside and playfully gave him a great big purple yawn, felt rather foolish when he turned out to be a total stranger...
...nervous yawn started by Steelman floated around the table. Mason at last introduced Sir Frederick with a reference to "the fog about the two FBIs." Sir Frederick, in a high-pitched stammer, replied with some verse that praised Queen Elizabeth for having "stayed in town while London Bridge was falling down." Then, shifting from one foot to the other, he spoke of international trade as "the one thread from which the fabric of peace and security in the world must be woven...
...advantage of being under suspicion and looks like a million dollars in counterfeit money. Miss Barrymore, trapped in foolish lines and a none-too rewarding role, appears often to be debating whether to kid the daylights out of her job or to throw it, with a queenly yawn, at Director Gregory Ratoff's head. But the habits of a lifetime prove too much for her, and foolish role or not, she gets off some first-rate croaks and eyeflashes...
Since that day, nearly 21 years ago, H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor has moved two steps nearer the throne, and has learned, among other things, never to yawn in public officials' faces...
...Million Eyes. Last week, as Britain's Royal Family wended their triumphal way through Africa (largely for the purpose of introducing Princess Elizabeth to her polyglot future subjects), she was often tempted to yawn. For weeks she had been through an endless procession of official receptions, tedious reviews, soporific speeches and tiresome dedications. On Tuesday, at Pietermaritzburg, there had been a presentation of local dignitaries, a civic luncheon party, a reception at the stadium to meet the white colony, a reception at the race track to meet the natives, a garden party at the Governor's mansion...