Word: sighingly
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...start chasing the villain (Stanley Baker) across the polar floes. As a sort of wrong-way Simon Legree who munches Saltines as malevolently as if they were human bones. Actor Baker is good for some laughs, but by the time he is stowed in the Deepfreeze, many moviegoers will sigh a heartfelt ditto to Ladd's last line: "Come on; it's over...
When it comes to the royal family, the phlegmatic British go all soppy. Newspapers employ droves of columnists to simper publicly over the beauty of small Prince Charles's dimples, to sigh over the elegance of Prince Philip's taste in haberdashery. When the Queen came home a fortnight ago, after six months' absence on her round-the-world tour, the sighs became a gale. Sample from Author Beverley Nichols: "At last she came to the Duke of Edinburgh and those two adorable children. 'I guess those are the four most important people in the world...
...very serious charge" made against his brother. After another long argument, Reber said simply: ". . . As I understand my brother's case, he retired, as he is entitled to do by law, upon reaching the age of 50 ... I know nothing about any security case involving him." With a sigh of relief, Chairman Mundt dismissed Reber, thanking him for his frank manner-a remark to which McCarthy, who seemed determined to resent any civility, made a formal objection...
...hours and eight recesses, Pat McGinnis could finally relax; he had won. The final vote: McGinnis, 488,939 proxies and eleven directors; Dumaine, 481,302 proxies and only ten directors, including himself. Without a word, Buck Dumaine turned and left the room. Said McGinnis with a happy sigh: "I'm weary...
...Faithful, to the haunting cantata, Saul, Saul, Why Persecutest Thou Me? Director Reese hardly expected to make Schütz fans of his audience in one concert, was ready for one listener's "My, it's very different, isn't it?", another's hopeful sigh after the final Amen, "Is it really over?" At least among his choristers, familiarity bred delight. As one young singer burbled after the music was over: "Wait till you hear tomorrow's program. That 84th Psalm- it's terrific...