Word: sighingly
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...Down" had succeeded or not in presenting the average reader with a just interpretation and evaluation of jazz, they undoubtedly awakened in many a soupeon or two of curiosity about the music which gave each book its background, just as "The Grapes of Wrath" evoked a nation-wide sigh of sympathy for the Okies. But neither novel contained enough purple passages to inspire anyone to tear around to the nearest music store and buy up all the Louis Armstrong records on the shelves...
...solve the situation, thought the law could be skirted on the grounds that Harvard, being an educational institution, would not be affected by the law. True enough, the State Labor Relations Board ruled that Harvard did not come under the law's jurisdiction, and College authorities heaved a great sigh of relief...
They arrived in Washington with equerries, maids, a Scotland Yardsman, three Cairn terriers-Delto, Breezy and Pooky -106 pieces of luggage. They were prepared to be met by official lukewarmth, unprepared for a tumultuous, sigh-heaving, welcome-shouting crowd that followed them hour by hour. Both were sartorially splendid; both made Protean clothes-changes. The Duchess had her hair done by Hairdresser Emile on one side and Emile Jr. on the other. The Emiles reported no grey hairs on either side; achieved a soft upsweep wave over the ears that fetched applause from newshens. The Duke, wrote the male press...
Yale students heaved a sigh of relief yesterday when a long threatened strike which would have tied up all dining halls and kitchens was averted by last minute concessions on the part of the union officials...
When Franklin Roosevelt last week appointed a new Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, a few settled matrons, now going on 45, were able to turn back to their memory books and heave a historical sigh. They were women who in July 1916, were young belles at Long Island's fashionable Locust Valley...