Word: din
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...example of common reactions to Bill Laimbeer should illustrate what I mean. Each time Laimbeer enters Boston Garden (or other hostile arenas) he is invariable greeted with a spattering of signs and a din of obloquy all either literally saying or having the general gist of "Bill Laimbeer stinks." Of course, no fan means by this that Bill Laimbeer needs stronger deodorant. They all are insulting his basketball skills in an attempt to insult him personally...
Tougher than Slim Jim and smoother than butter, the Harvard Din & Tonics took a not-quite-near-capacity Saturday night Sanders Theater crowd to the a capella mountaintop. With skilled solos, snappy ensembles and assured stage presence, the Dins laid to rest any doubts that their performances would be on the blink at the Dins on the Blink...
...group's humor was rather well conceived and executed. A parody of the TV show, "A Current Affair," a commercial for wacky orange Din basketball shoes and a new installment of "Din Impressions"--when the group does kooky things with their formal wear--earned hearty stomps of approval from the audience...
Chickwiches are really boring, but students spend a significant amount of time talking about them. I've been to about five Din and Tonics concerts, and they're pretty boring. I think they will sing the same songs forever...
...Unfortunately," says Russ, an audiologist at Northwestern University's hearing clinic, "most of us unnecessarily increase the burden of noise we put ourselves under in our private lives." Homeowners endure the steady whine of everything from chain saws and power lawn mowers to vacuum cleaners and dishwashers. And the din of leisure activities can be just as dangerous as the roar from the factory floor. "We have laws to protect the hearing of workers in noisy workplaces," says senior scientist William Clark of the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. "But there are no laws covering recreational noises...