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Cornell's home barn was at a fever pitch. The Ithaca faithful thought the decibel level would inspire the Big Red to rally from a 5-1 deficit and upset the favored Harvard men's hockey team...
...third more expensive thanks to new E.C.-imposed tariffs on South American imports), health (no cigarettes with more than 15 mg of tar can be sold in the Community, forcing France to lighten up its legendary Gauloises), and even noise (all lawn mowers must adhere to the same decibel regulations...
...last week Bill Clinton rang those alarm bells, playing a thunderous overture to his address to Congress this week. He will probably need every decibel. The economic plan he outlines this week is stunning both in size -- some aides estimate it may shift as much as $400 billion in taxes and spending over the next four years -- and scope. Its scores of proposals cover items as small as layoffs and lesser perks for the White House staff, calculated to save a penny-ante $10 million a year, and as large as new energy taxes that could raise as much...
...campy 20- minute caper, and viewers vote with a three-button pistol grip installed on their armrests. The on-screen tallies are instantaneous, thanks to laser-disc technology, and the majority rules. This first film (soon in seven more theaters), has 68 possible permutations. The result is a high-decibel headache . . . or funfest, depending on your age and inclinations. And if you don't like it the first time, just keep your seat. Maybe next time you'll pick a winner...
...With his convulsively entertaining style, Limbaugh is also the prime exemplar of the crucial debate America is now having with itself, at the decibel level of a Metallica concert. What should the level of political discourse be in an election campaign, or on radio and TV, or at the office water cooler? At what point does comic exaggeration shade into slander? When everyone is shouting, is anybody listening...