Word: whispering
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...trips between Manhattan and Philadelphia (3,800 miles), the frequency being shifted to a different wave length after every round trip. Then 20 frequencies were poured on the cable at once- which taxed only one-twelfth of its maximum capacity. Even when voices were lowered almost to a whisper, practically no distortion was noticed...
...apparently too stunned to realize that Laughton and Korda can fizzle. In the first place the story is a mere chronological biography possessing practically no dramatic force, and in the second place Laughton's magnificent voice is toned down for at least half the picture to a dismal half-whisper that resembles the sound of a fly trying to crash through a screen door. It is not a great sin for such as Laughton and Korda to fail; the evil lies in refusing to admit the failure and claiming for it new heights of cinematic excellence. It must be said...
...paper's dying embers, he slowly twirled a crystal ball and bade the reporters concentrate, which alien operation was performed only with the most intense effort. But after several moments of entranced gazing into the Garden of Allah (which appeared to be in the South End) Mogul began to whisper, his brows furrowed with concentration...
...Your question, it deals with an institution, an institution of learning, a college!" He uttered the word "college" in a triumphal stage whisper, as if pleased to discover that the parietal rule did not deal with an Old Folks Home. Continuing, "This has to do with a regulation of the college . . . in connection with women. . . . Hm. But it will only work to disadvantage. They will abolish it. It is imperative...
...thin-blooded moderns for whom the only racy element in politics is verbal abuse, is the sight of a presidential candidate coming down from his parlor to exchange black eyes with the maligner of his backwoods wife, or, when president, firing his whole cabinet because they and their wives whisper unkind things about his favorite Peggy O'Neal. The career of this strong-minded young man is this essence of the picture: her service as inn-keeper's daughter rendered to Andrew Jackson and his Rachel, and to the brilliant states rights squabblers, Danial Webster and John Randolph of Virginia...