Word: decibeled
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...ubiquitous in Japan, this British chain made its U.S. debut in Boston’s Faneuil Hall, with its second branch opening up this summer in Harvard Square. Wagamama has all the markings of the average fast food haven: a line out the door twenty diners deep, the decibel level of a subway station, and rushed, fairly inattentive service. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have the prices to match. With the average meal ranging from $10 to $15 a head, it provides a very peculiar dining experience, where the communal tables and general hullabaloo make one feel like...
...High-decibel hearings held last week on the rights of Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot drown out a sorry truth about Congress: The war on terrorism has passed...
...from the Kop, the famous home end of the arena (named for the site of a famous Boer War defeat of the British) where Liverpool's faithful turn their stadium into a living hell for visiting teams. Robben's shot to Pepe Reina's left, perhaps slowed by the decibel level, was snared by the Spanish keeper; moments later Reina went to his right to parry the effort by Geremi, putting Chelsea in a hole from which it would not escape. Dirk Kuyt sealed the victory for Liverpool on the fourth kick, an honor richly deserved given that the Dutchman...
...airports have a reading section? I stare at the item in the New York Times about the rare white Chinese river dolphin finally driven "functionally extinct" after surviving for 20 million years, and then I look at my knuckles. They, too, are white. In the midst of this low-decibel bedlam, how can anyone concentrate long enough to read anything? Except, up there on the screen, the crawl. Got... to... focus... on... the... crawl...
...sang “You Were Meant for Me” all those years ago. She’s now happily married to a country singer. So maybe there’s still a ray of hope for young Rice. Then again, Jewel also sang at an audible decibel level and employed such useful songwriting devices as hooks and recognizable rhythm and syntax, so maybe...