Word: decibels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lawsuit cites tests which show that since the new biolabs have been in use, decibel levels at and around the Walters' house have increased significantly, at times exceeding the state's legal limit...
...impact aerobics of network programming. To an aging star for whom feature-film roles have dried up and sitcoms are too demanding, a detective show can be a comfortable sinecure. For viewers tired of raucous sitcoms and hard-charging magazine shows, these TV whodunits provide easy-to-take, low-decibel entertainment. Murder, She Wrote, in its 10th season on CBS, is still a Top 10 hit; ABC's Matlock is a solid success in one of the week's toughest time periods; Diagnosis Murder and Burke's Law, new this season, have given CBS its best Friday-night ratings...
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...