Word: clamoring
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...Chicago to propose another tax bill that will allow them to keep a little more of their own money. I have come to propose a tuition tax credit for parents . . ." At this point, his listeners rose to their feet, roaring their support and drowning out his words. After the clamor died down, Reagan finished his sentence: "This tax credit will be for parents who bear the double burden of public and private school costs...
...Ronald Reagan it is one of those times. The unexpected, like Argentina's seizure of the Falkland Islands, piles on the inevitable, like the winding down of Leonid the power in Moscow, which adds to the unfathomable, like the nagging persistence of high interest rates. The rising clamor against nuclear arms, the threat of Israeli action against Lebanon, the stalemate with Congress over the budget are other complications as we rush into a momentous spring...
...Argentine invasion, forward." Reagan said: "I wish it had not gone In Buenos Aires, some 5,000 ban ner-waving supporters gathered in front of the presidential palace to hear Galflies" tieri's over boast the that "the Falklands. But Argentine flag British Prime Minister Thatcher is hearing clamor of a different kind: demands that Britannia return to ruling the waves, at least in one far-off corner of the South Atlantic. - - By George George Russell. Reported by Nina Lindley/ Buenos Aires and Frank Melville/London
Just the name . . . the name alone . . . the very mention of the name sends off sparks and sets up a clamor like a French fire drill. "Giorgio Armani! Except for white truffles, pasta and opera, the Italians can't be credited with anything...
...Broadway when the pit band came in drunk from a Christmas party and couldn't toot together or on key. Ronstadt, making her first entrance, a point at which she must sing Poor Wandering One in a way that tells everyone who's boss, heard their clamor and got the giggles. She couldn't stop. Rex Smith, on-stage with her, felt himself begin to laugh-a realization, this open-faced, 26-year-old rock singer recalls, that is not at all pleasant, but rather like that of a mountain climber who feels himself beginning to slide...