The staffer, Stilson said, turned white as a sheet, thinking he was under pressure from the top boss.
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"Having an unstable narcissist who is ignorant of politics, policy and foreign affairs with the nuclear codes has probably turned them white as a sheet," he said.
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The rubber tips on it were still intact and the nearby bathtub was barely scorched. Gosnell ran from the building to get help. He reached the gas company office screaming "Doctor Bentley's burned up!" to his colleagues. Later on, his colleagues said: "he looked as white as a sheet".
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Lady Macbeth did not make the same impression on the Soviet leader. Shostakovich later wrote to his friend Ivan Sollertinsky that he witnessed Stalin cringing at loud parts of the score and laughing at sexual moments. Displeased, Stalin left after the end of the third act. A frightened Shostakovich was reportedly "white as a sheet" when he bowed for the audience.
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Babich induced a popout in DiMaggio's first at-bat, and in the third inning threw him three unhittable pitches to begin his next plate appearance. The fourth pitch by Babich was well outside the strike zone, but DiMaggio made a lunging swing and guided the ball between Babich's legs; he ended up with a double which he said left Babich "white as a sheet."Cramer, pp. 170–171.Kennedy, p. 209.
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According to Nikita Khrushchev, the front's political commissar: "A look of terror came over Golikov's face...I never saw anyone, soldier or civilian, in such a state during the whole war. He was white as a sheet and begged me not to abandon him. He kept saying over and over, 'Stalingrad is doomed'.". He was recalled to Moscow, where he complained to Stalin about the way Khrushchev and Yeryomenko had treated him.
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Lewis's last big hit on Mercury was "Middle Age Crazy", a song written by Sonny Throckmorton about a man who wants to stay young forever, a poignant theme for Lewis. In the liner notes to the 2006 retrospective A Half Century of Hits, Kennedy remembers the session coincided with one of Lewis's first hospitalizations, and that "the Killer" "was as white as a sheet. I was surprised we got anything from him." The track - which features legendary blind session man Hargus "Pig" Robbins on piano, not Lewis - had been pre- recorded by Kennedy in advance, leaving Jerry Lee to overdub his vocal.
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In order to save his father, Saëb has accepted his fate without knowing his future wife. Now, for the consummation of the marriage, only the written and verbal approval of the new governor is necessary. However, Bababeck's servant Kaliboul, who was sent to Barkouf to have the marriage contract ratified, becomes terrified by the fear of being mauled to death by Barkouf and returns white as a sheet and empty-handed. The postponement is a disappointment for Périzade and Bababeck, and a huge relief for Saëb, who after years of separation can only think of one thing: his lost Maïma.
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Shah maintains that much of his education derived from spending time with such a varied group of people. His first appearance on television was in the 1972 BBC documentary about his father, Dream Walkers: One Pair of Eyes,One Pair of Eyes: Dreamwalkers (1970) (10 September 2013) in which Shah, his sisters, and their friends, are seen listening to Idries Shah tell the tale of The Lion Who Saw Himself in the Water. Shah has described how his Latin tutor appeared at the front door "white as a sheet", at having spotted the renowned classicist Robert Graves digging a ditch at the front of Langton House; and how Doris Lessing encouraged him to read folktales and, later, enthused him to travel.
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I also stopped quite a number going out who were making a rush. Finally a good many of them cooled down and took their seats."'Statement by the Head Usher' "Holocaust" Brooklyn Daily Eagle December 6, 1876 page 2, column 8 From his vantage point in the family circle, Charles Vine thought that Claxton was "the nerviest woman I ever saw ... [She] came out with J. B. Studley, and said the fire would be out in a few moments. She was white as a sheet, but she stood up full of nerve."'The Nerviest Woman I Ever Saw' "The Calamity" Brooklyn Eagle December 6, 1876 page 4 column 8 The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported Claxton saying, "There is no danger; the flames are a part of the play.
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