READING 2 OF 23 focus words
When the whistle stopped
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There was a brief hiatus while the stagehand retrieved a whistle. Without waiting for a cue, the dancers began to clap in unison.
A critic later praised the kinetic energy of that motionless row of chairs surrounded by moving feet. He never guessed what had gone missing.
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