Word: sighingly
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...emancipated, it will seem that ancient whiffs of brimstone still linger on Boston streets. And those who like to concern themselves with threats to the Commonwealth's morals will breathe a sigh of relief. But by far the largest group of people--those who have not yet purchased their copy of Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer--won't even be able to find out what the fuss is all about...
...light and color was still some years off, but the painting is one of Sisley's most moving. The worn and exhausted buildings have a canny geometry that locks the eye within the scene itself. The mood is melancholy yet resigned, like a long-suffering peasant's sigh...
Goin' Up (Freddie Hubbard & Quintet; Blue Note). One of the most promising young (23) trumpeters attacks some showpieces-The Changing Scene, Blues for Brenda-in tones that can sigh contentment or choke with joy. A fine antidote to the sentimentally depressed rituals of the Miles Davis school...
...normal, healthy, 20th century girl-and that, though his nibs doesn't know it, means trouble. Drawing an unfathomable sigh. Don Juan exposes the poor young thing to his invincible romantic glower. She looks at him curiously, as though he were one of her mother's old beaux. "Kiss me." he murmurs torridly. She readily complies, suffers no evident reaction, coolly informs him: "You're the 37th. I want to kiss 50 men before I get married.'' Smugly, she assures him that she is in love with her fiancé. Has Don Juan never been...
...Sullivan still demands voices. In this predominantly British company, the voices are not only superior, they are clearly intelligible. As Mabel, the perky fiancee of Frederic, the dutiful pirate's apprentice, Marion Studholme pours lyric intensity into Poor Wandering One to make it the evening's high sigh spot. As Major General Stanley, spindle-thin Eric House tackles the greatest polysyllabic scat song of the 19th century and "in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral" he is never tongue-tried. But Frederic, as played by Andrew Downie, is more arch boulevardier than sheltered buccaneer...