Word: overheards
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...rest of the scene is magic. As Easton plays it, he works himself up until he all but shouts, "And thou but love me, let them find me here!" At this instant, like a boy who has just dropped the cookie jar, he fears he may have been overheard and jumps back with a frightened glance over his shoulder--a delightful suggestion of adolescence. When the lovers finally part, their extended hands do not quite touch--a touch, or rather non-touch, that visibly conveys the yearning and unfulfilment of their newly-found rapture...
...replacing drab shawls, and more men are wearing fedoras instead of cloth hats. But following fashion is not always easy, complained Izvestia. Only one man in 30 can find a ready-made suit that will fit him. In a ladies' clothing store on Gorky Street an Izvestia reporter overheard a salesgirl telling a customer: "Your figure is nonstandard, and you won't find anything for yourself." The next 20 customers were likewise nonstandard. The Central Institute of the Garment Industry's explanation: the State Planning Commission has failed to give cutters proper guidance because the Scientific Research...
...Cuba today. One can sense the new-born optimism and joy in the atmosphere of the carabets. As more than one bar-tender told me, it was taboo in recent years to discuss matters of politics in public, for one never knew when his remarks might be overheard by a chivato (informer) and construed as being unfavorable to the ruling dictatorship of Juan Batista. Life was short and the end unpleasant for the few bold Cubans who dared to be so outspoken. But now the carabets are alive with gay music and singing...
...dispute flared into the open during a campaign broadcast when Furcolo showed up late and drew the verbal wrath of Kennedy. Unfortunately for both men, several reporters overheard the exchange and gave it wide coverage in the press...
...sunbathed leaves--and, then, the sudden blue swathe of the indescribable Loire, broad and slow and stately--moving with easy grandeur through the ancient terrain" seem hard to read. His lovers often speak in terms of "Whooooosh," "Buffle, Buffle," and "Squuunch," which are things you would have overheard through thin bedroom walls in the hotels of New York, Paris and Barcelona, had you followed their jet-paced trek...