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I know there are whisper's that she's being chased to portray the lead in August: Osage County and that's certainly an interesting step in the right direction or so I've heard about the show itself, but I don't understand why someone such as Fonda isn't out there trying to find some great movie roles.
Archive 2009-03-01 Glenn Dunks 2009
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He whisper's "Aliens?" to himself and then goes back to sleep.
Spielberg Has “Cracked the Story” of Indiana Jones 5 | /Film 2009
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When Carrie pulled down from a whisper's distance of Frank's ear, resting her tightly hooked lips shut, she cast a glance across Billy's now almost happy-go-lucky wide eyes, and so Billy began to notice her.
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Like a whisper's breath, like you brought me here, and we're what's left.
blu94anjel Diary Entry blu94anjel 2008
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No money, no influence, new nobility … 'You might have a chance,' I heard myself concede, simply because I lacked the courage to point out to him that his odds of success were less than a whisper's chance against storm winds.
Shaman's Crossing Hobb, Robin 2005
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Before I could reply he was out of a whisper's range-he was moving as quietly as he knew how, with frequent pauses.
The Quiet American Greene, Graham, 1904-1991 1955
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But hood and veil conceal'd her form -- yet, hark! in whisper's tone
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 574, November 3, 1832 Title Various
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For so dreadful is a king, and this King more than others; and so terrible his wrath and desire of worship -- and this King's more than others -- that if ye speak above a whisper's sound, if ye act other than as a babe before its preceptor's rod, you are cast out utterly and undone.
Privy Seal His Last Venture Ford Madox Ford 1906
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"His whisper's a sight more than another fellow's shout."
The Man in the Twilight Ridgwell Cullum 1905
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"It's na _said oot_ -- but a kind of whisper's been gaeing around."
Foes Mary Johnston 1903
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