Word: clamoring
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...British loan. They were more worried about dried eggs. Long the butt of G.I. wisecracks, the yellow powder is no joke to Britons, and when the Food Ministry announced that the monthly ration of one package (equivalent to twelve eggs) would have to end, there was a housewifely clamor...
...facts rolled in, too late to quell the clamor, it seemed that General Morgan 1) had spoken, in somewhat exaggerating fashion, the truth; 2) he had not talked, as first newspaper accounts implied, in anti-Semitic fashion. General Morgan was said to be out-but at week's end, he was still...
That did it. Professional protesters cleared their throats and gave tongue. As the hysteria mounted and the astonished General shinnied up the nearest tree, the angry clamor drowned out the less exciting things, that Morgan had also said. Prominent Jews shrieked: "Savors of Naziism . . . palpably anti-Semitic ... an outrageous libel. . . ." Comedian Eddie Cantor bought two full columns of advertising space in the New York Times (price: $660) to shout in 12-point type...
...clamor to bring the boys home grew louder & louder. Millions complained that demobilization was a scandal...
...Boats, No Votes." Although they were doing their best, the Army and Navy knew that the clamor could not be calmed. Some servicemen overseas were almost psychopathic in their anxiety to get home. Without themselves aboard, the departure of any ship for home seemed out of order. In the Pacific, their resentment found form in a slogan which was stamped on all U.S.-bound mail: "No Boats, No Votes...