Word: buzzed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...buzzes are so entrenched in the lighting system that the noise will not end, there is another solution available. A small expenditure of library funds could easily transform the grating buzz to a soothing tinkle of bells...
When Lamont Library first opened its plate glass doors, the general comment ran, "Fine, but a few bugs have to be ironed out." After five years, these bugs have unionized, formed shifts, and now buzz from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. each evening in the first level fluorescent lights. The sound has been one of Lamont's distinctive features, a source of pride to the library staff and the insect kingdom...
...Children, evacuated from Nice and Bordeaux, sat down to the midday meal with weekending parents and relatives. At the Hotel Milord (Léon Milord, Prop.), lamb stew, a specialty of the house, was being served with a light, dry wine. There was excitement in the air and a buzz of conversation around the tables that sunny Saturday in 1944: just four days earlier the Allies had landed in Normandy...
...unnerving week for the city by the Potomac. There was just nothing left to do but go on with the droning buzz-buzz. But, as everybody well knew, there wasn't a conversation in town that wouldn't be broken off when the big parade rolled...
McCarthy foes began to buzz about preventing him from being seated when Congress reconvened, and he dared them to try it. He was sworn in without a sound of protest; his wiser foes were sure that a challenge would have been voted down by the Senate. As he walked back to his seat, Joe seemed relaxed. When he passed Senator Hayden, he clapped the "lackey" on the back and smiled a big smile. Hayden made a face...