Word: clamored
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...life? Or even the Second Amendment fundamentalist who believes, as Heston does, that any infringement of the "right of the people to keep and bear arms" is a slide down the slope of totalitarianism? N.R.A. opponents suggest it is convenient for the group to try to drown out the clamor against handguns by changing the subject. But to Heston, who quips that "in Hollywood there are more gun owners in the closet than homosexuals," the cultural war is all of a piece with the war against guns. "We seem to be unloosening and unraveling as a nation," he says...
...rights advocates complain that Clinton is ignoring systemic repression; partisans of the Dalai Lama call for a free Tibet; labor advocates bang the drums about unfair competition. Even businessmen courted by Clinton complain that China's markets are still closed. It makes for great sound bites when they all clamor to know what Clinton's brand of engagement has brought them...
...have already won $40 billion, if you?re Indonesia?s new government. Attorney General Sudjono Atmonegoro today launched an official investigation into irregularities in the fortune amassed by ex-president Suharto?s family during the strongman?s 32-year kleptocracy. ?This probe is designed to calm the public clamor for the seizure of Suharto?s wealth,? says TIME correspondent William Dowell. ?It also allows President Habibie to assert his independence from his former mentor. Most importantly, though, it sends a message to the family -- they?d better start making plans to leave.? The Suhartos may want to find out whether...
...most appealing attributes of A Widow for One Year is its refusal to pay any attention to the electronic clamor of American life. There is scarcely a TV set to be found in the entire novel. Recorded music appears fleetingly as an intrusive annoyance. Irving's people crave old-fashioned peace and quiet, and to a large extent they get it. All the book's major characters are or become writers--during the course of a long story that spans nearly four decades. The novel is made up of both what they experience and what they tell...
Clinton should keep that in mind when he considers his response to the clamor from the Congressional Black Caucus for an official apology for slavery. White House spokesman Mike McCurry has already declared that the President will not make such a gesture on this trip because "that is not an issue that is central in the minds of many Americans." But surely Clinton knows that it is on the minds of many African Americans, who are convinced that the great rift between the races cannot be healed until America seeks forgiveness for one of the most monstrous eras in history...