Word Shift

Unsaid words of love and affection are often quite regretted.

Regretted, in that tense, is extremely difficult to start a sentence with.

Ooops! Sorry, lady! My bad!

With all of his might, he lifted the car off the accident victim.

Victim is a classic movie starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms.

Sylvia Syms is an actress I have never heard of.

Of Mice and Men is a novella written by Nobel-prize winning author John Steinbeck in 1937.

1937 was the year the first issue of Look magazine went on sale in the United States.

The United States of America has elected forty-four presidents so far.

Far and Away is a 1992 movie with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman in the leading roles.

Roles that are oscar-worthy are what most thespians aspire to.

To be or not to be, that is the question.

Question the administrator over the governing rules.

Rules, some say, are meant to be broken.

Broken down with a lack of water.

Water is two parts Hydrogen and one part Oxygen.

Oxygen masks fall down during a plane emergency.

Emergency sites are when you can find Red Cross workers.

Workers strike for higher wages.

Wages have gone down while prices continue to go up.

Up goes the price of gold.

Gold is a highly sought-after precious metal.

Metal workers are in high demand, lately.

Lately it seems I have a lot to do and not much time to do it.

It appears today is going to be warm and partly cloudy.

Cloudy skies make the day gloomy and can dampen one's spirit.