Word: bullhorns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sample Distortion No. 1: "Friends recall him [that is, me] speaking through a bullhorn from a second-story window of University Hall to the crowd of students gathered outside. 'The workers of Cambridge support us!' he [me] said. The crowd was unreceptive...
...going much better now," said Nekhan. "When we came here on Sunday with the first truck, we were not sure how to make contact with the Egyptians across the canal. So we raised our U.N. flag, took a bullhorn and started calling them in English, Russian, German, Arabic and French. We got no response until we spoke in French. We shouted. This is the U.N. We have supplies to deliver. We have water for you.' When we said water in French we got a reply. That was the key word...
Ostrow was separated by a wall from B.U.'s chief of security when the officer used a bullhorn to address the crowd. Levin said...
...upper and lower levels at Park Street present the same tunes in different settings. Downstairs, the speakers are subtle and the Muzak low-keyed. Upstairs, because of the openness and noise, the Muzak is piped over bullhorn speakers at a louder volume. The result is a nasal blaring sound, like something that would come out of the PA system at a Nixon rally. The upper level is a better place to listen -- if only because the trolleys are better equipped to drown out the melody. But when they are absent, the high-decible Muzak is nearly unbearable...
After that debacle, it was all downhill. Undergraduates did not get another chance to ignore bullhorn calls to action because none were sounded. In past years, the Yard at 12 noon has been the recruitment site for afternoon demonstrations. Last Spring, the Yard was as quiet as a murmuring meadow...