Word: decibel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...drinking this year has brought with it a few characteristics that Whitlock says he is seeing for the first time--particularly the phenomenon of noise. "The decibel levels of the yelling and screaming is alarming," he says. "I'm hearing animal screams...
...American rock group works harder or equals the decibel level of Lynyrd Skynyrd, a band of seven Southerners who seldom see their homes outside Jacksonville. An energetic blend of English heavy metal and funky, rural blues, Skynyrd's music occasionally dominates its lyrics, but their teeny-tot fans like it that way. The group, named after the members' high school gym teacher (perversely spelled but phonetically pronounced), has sold more than 3 million albums. Its fifth LP, One More from the Road, has recorded sales of 350,000 copies since its release four weeks...
...orders the first of three pepper and onion pizzas which they will share to soak up the too-many-to-count scotches, beers, and black Russians they have downed sans cesse for the past five hours. To the accompaniment of pinball machine clangs from behind and top-decibel profanity emanating from the booth in front, he explains his daily, or rather, nightly alcoholic binges...
...honeymoon, however, proved a short one. Departing a day later, the Air France plane raced down the runway and then lifted off with a deep-throated rumble. One FAA sound meter recorded the plane's noise level at 129 perceived noise decibels; that was 16 decibels more than the loudest Boeing 707 measured that day, and it meant, logarithmically, the Concorde was more than twice as noisy as the 707. There was no decibel reading for the British flight because the pilot, exercising his prerogative to switch runways, made a last-minute decision to take off on a runway...
...mean toes, the entire foot or the foot and ankle? Such procedures consume vast quantities of time and money, even when OSHA has no case at all. One airline was cited for noise violations, only to prove after days of investigation that OSHA'S inspector had read his decibel meter incorrectly...