Word: clamoring
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...remain in the U.S. The decision had been taken "so as not to take a position in this highly charged political atmosphere," said ABC News president David Westin, adding that Elian's views on the subject of returning to Cuba were contradictory - a teaser that will only increase the clamor to broadcast the tape...
...That clamor came as several hundred fans, a marching band, and 43 female athletes used every last breath to support the women's swimming and diving teams. The teams were attempting to complete an undefeated season in a double dual meet with Princeton and Yale...
...benefit Wednesday, when Turkey voted to delay his execution - a punishment handed down on grounds of treason - pending a hearing by the European Court of Human Rights. Turkey's signature on the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights requires the delay, and despite the strong domestic clamor for the execution of the man blamed by Turkey for the more than 30,000 deaths caused by the Kurdish insurgency and the Turkish response, Ankara's passage into full E.U. membership depends in part on its handling of the case - the death penalty is banned...
University administrators, faculty and students alike clamor for greater diversity among college professors, but hiring more members of minority groups is only part of the problem...
...makes sense - loneliness is the enemy for most here, and this place can be hard on what they call the "mental housing," especially for the de-feminized females whose boyfriends have stopped writing. But for those far beyond high school - and thus for the most part far beyond needing clamor to keep one's mind off this place's occasional rigors - it's the clamor that threatens to corner...