Word: sighingly
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...Dallas, 2,500 people sat in the Majestic Theater at 1:57 when Sergeant York ended and the news of the Japanese declaration of war was announced. There was a pause, a pinpoint of silence, a prolonged sigh, then thundering applause. A steelworker said: "We'll stamp their front teeth...
...extra million dollars and the prospects of more in the offing, the Administration could draw up a scholarship program that would reach an entirely untouched stratum of the population. Such worthy experiments as the Nieman Fellowships and the Littauer Center would profit by enlargement. But, possibly with a longing sigh for the glories that it might achieve, the Administration must forget expansion and stick to balancing the budget. With only tuition and income to go on, it will have plenty to worry about just doing that...
...inform the hall's former occupants of the change. Since these former occupants were prize-fighters who used the balconies for workouts, and were in the habit of carrying some of their more battered compatriots across the stage to the dressing-rooms, no little trouble ensued. A collective sigh of relief followed the purchase in 1900 of Symphony Hall, the Orchestra's present home...
...would not die in winter, When flowers have passed away; But I would sigh my last sigh, In the pleasant month...
...Hammond, she was "a raffish nightingale"; to Texas Guinan, "just a dumb kid." But when she climbed on top of a grand piano and sang her sultry, brokenhearted ballads, she was torchbearer for an era. When she died in Chicago last week, many a U.S. citizen heaved a nostalgic sigh for the footloose, bibulous speak-easy...