Word: clamoring
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...astounding what a difference it makes." It is Retin-A, the nation's hottest new anti-aging potion, and despite the misgivings of some dermatologists about the perpetual parade of glops and goos that promise a more youthful complexion, many doctors cautiously agree that the mounting clamor may be justified. "People have gone absolutely crazy about it," declares Duane Tucker, a Manhattan Beach, Calif., skin doctor. "When it comes to sun damage, it's the closest thing we have to a youth cream...
Luckily or not, Charles Demuth (1883-1935) painted one picture so famous that practically every American who looks at art knows it. The Figure 5 in Gold, 1928, is a prediction of pop art. Based on a poem by William Carlos Williams, it powerfully conveys the passing clamor of a red New York City fire truck with the numeral 5 on it. But while it has become one of the icons of American modernism, its author has remained a little elusive beside the heavier reputations of his contemporaries: Georgia O'Keeffe, Marsden Hartley, Arthur Dove, Charles Sheeler. What Demuth needed...
...White House briefing room, "Unfortunately, all of the attention has been focused on our personal lives, and much of that on the events of many years ago. My views on the law and on what kind of Supreme Court Justice I would make have been drowned out in the clamor." Then he wisely turned his back on shouting reporters and walked briskly out of the harsh national spotlight...
...clamor that Ginsburg cited had stemmed from his admission that he smoked marijuana as a college student in the 1960s and as a law professor reportedly as late as 1979. Marijuana "was the only drug I ever used," he said in response to inquiries. "I have not used it since. It was a mistake, and I regret...
...curious epilogue to the World Series, the fans of Minnesota were commended more than the players. And not just for the clamor they put up in the Metrodome, where the decibel level approximated an airplane full of mothers-in-law. The Twins won 62 of 87 games there, only 31 of 87 elsewhere, becoming the first World Series team to sweep four home games (not to mention the only series participant to be out-scored for the season...