Word: decibel
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...stakes are high, and so is the decibel level. Why then is only one side of the argument being presented effectively? Schlesinger's alternative to multiculturalism is "an open society founded on tolerance of differences." That sounds pretty pluribus, professor. If the toleration of differences is the be-all and end-all of America, then why not tolerate multiculturalism...
...high-decibel delirium is "Timecapsule One" of a weekly Friday-night event billed as "NASA" (Nocturnal Audio and Sensory Awakening), an all-night techno "rave" that culminates with breakfast and bungee jumping from a Hudson River pier as the sun's first rays warm the spire of the Empire State Building...
...Council considered moves to ban unaccompanied drummers from certain areas of Harvard Square, to ban all performers from Winthrop Park and to reduce the distance at which the acceptable decibel level for the performers is measured. All of the measures were voted down, leaving the problem of loud music in the Square unsolved--and many residents and performers unsatisfied...
Harvard Square residents say they will gain peace and quiet in their homes if the Council lowers the acceptable decibel levels. As it is, one resident complained, the drumming is like "a worm on the brain," which "over time can kind of affect some one's mental health...
...Cambridge City Council passed its nobillboards law, provoking Ackerly Communications to post a huge, ugly billboard in Porter Square reminding Cantabridgians about the Fifth Amendment. Not to be outdone, Dapper O'Neil and the Boston City Council passed a law cracking down on 130-decibel boom boxes. Yet the beat goes...