Word: throating
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...fourth frog swallowed the third frog. This kept on happening until the 19th frog had swallowed the 18th frog. When it got clown to the 20th frog he didn't even move, didn't seem to be hungry. I opened his mouth and looked down his throat: he had swallowed a wild goose...
Three acts of Aunt Lottie are too much. Her voice, like the screech of a truck's brakes, has not only the rest of the cast but the entire audience squirming with the desire to get hands on her throat. But no one who has ever possessed an Aunt Lottie will say she is an exaggeration. Able Actress Lowell, with able support, even makes plausible the few moments when she is pitiable. Brisk if undistinguished dialog helps the play; a farcical ending hurts it. It is a fine play for everyone's Aunt Lottie...
...Manhattan, New York University students shrilled cadenzas outside Professor Shaw's office door. Letters denouncing his statement piled on his desk. Professor Shaw stifled a fit of chuckles and issued another statement: "Whistling from the throat is indicative of the intelligent person, while whistling with the lips is significant of the moron...
...does my father say that?" cried Rachael. "He called my sweetheart vile names. . . . He said he would burn my eyes out, and my sweetheart said he would cut my father's throat. And he's going to burn my dresses. He didn't buy the dresses. I did. I paid for them with money I worked like a dog for. Why doesn't he leave us alone...
...Francisco, Leo V. Dowling slashed his wrists and throat, but failed to commit suicide. Recovering in a hospital he received a large horseshoe of flowers with a card on which was written: ''Better luck next time." Leo V. Dowling gasped, died...