Word: murmuring
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...diagnosed as having mitral valve prolapse, a slight deformation of one of the four valves of the heart. The condition, not generally dangerous, is thought to be shared by up to 15% of Americans, but it produces a distinct heart noise, and so is known as the "systolic-click-murmur" syndrome. He has no symptoms but has been advised to take penicillin before undergoing dental work because infection sometimes spreads through bleeding gums. The antibiotic is intended to ward off a bacterial infection to the heart, something to which people with this valve condition may be susceptible. ¶Jimmy Carter...
...demonic idea that if they would only explain themselves fully in the midst of seeming scandal or time of harassment-let it all hang out, lay their cards on the table, spare no detail, be up front, come clean-and so forth -then the grateful, enlightened public would murmur "I see," and all would be swell...
MARRIED. Candice Bergen, 34, actress and photojournalist who has contributed a cool, poised beauty to such films as The Group and Carnal Knowledge; and Louis Malle, 47, New Wave French film director who has ranged from the sensually lyrical (Pretty Baby, Murmur of the Heart) to the politically provocative (Lacombe, Lucien); she for the first time, he for the second; in Lugagnac, France...
...sweltering summer, the day after Teddy Kennedy with-drew from the presidential sweepstakes. But the pleasantly air-conditioned Kenned School of Government is abuzz with activity as on most other days, figures rushing through snakelike corridors, stopping briefly to salute one another, filling the Forum with its recognizable murmur. To a detached observer, these people exude a slightly self-important air--but they also give the impression that they have places...
...sweltering summer, the day after Teddy Kennedy with-drew from the presidential sweepstakes. But the pleasantly air-conditioned Kenned School of Government is abuzz with activity as on most other days, figures rushing through snakelike corridors, stopping briefly to salute one another, filling the Forum with its recognizable murmur. To a detached observer, these people exude a slightly self-important air--but they also give the impression that they have places...