Word: crescendoe
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...University and nuclear arms: Harvard officials had little to say about the nuclear arms race while opposition to increased defense spending was reaching a crescendo last winter and early last spring. But in his Commencement address, President Bok outlined a new mission for the University's professors: to help guide debate by making their work on the subject more widely available. As a result of the President's personal drive, five professors are now writing a book on related issues...
...Amid a crescendo of applause from supporters, López Portillo announced that his government was nationalizing all Mexican banks and imposing strict currency controls to stop the flight of capital from the country. "It is now or never," he said. "They [the speculators] have already plundered us. But Mexico is not finished. They will never plunder us again...
Just before 5 p.m. there is a barrage of artillery fire so fierce, so extensive, so positively horrifying in its intensity that Frey and I are stunned into silence. Building after building comes crashing down. Great flashes of fire light up the sky. A crescendo of noise like some dreadful thunder rolls across the city...
Washington's diplomatic campaign reached a crescendo early last week with the arrival in San Salvador of Lieut. General Vernon Walters, U.S. ambassador-at-large, and John Carbaugh, an aide to conservative Senator Jesse Helms. Meeting with the leaders of El Salvador's main political parties, Walters and Carbaugh discussed a letter from Secretary of State Alexander Haig that bluntly reiterated three conditions for continued U.S. support: 1) the formation of a government of national unity that would give the Christian Democrats power in proportion to their performance at the polls; 2) continued progress in land, economic...
Neither the fear of possible violence nor the heat sapped the enthusiasm of the housewives, laborers, students and professionals for the man they had come to support. As the preliminary speeches droned on, they began to chant his name in unison: "Duarte! Duarte! Duarte!" The cheers reached a crescendo as José Napoleón Duarte, leader of the Christian Democrats and President of El Salvador's civilian-military government, appeared on the makeshift podium...