Word: growl
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When the blinking had risen to a fever pitch, about 20 Weld students poured out of the dorm making animal noises. Windows went up all over the Yard and the Weld call was answered for a short time by a general growl...
They were talking about Cheetah, Manhattan's newest and noisiest fun house, which roared into life last week with the growl and din of a gigantic concrete mixer. It had a familiar look, a return to the big, brash scene of the 1930s marathon dance halls, and on opening night some 2,000 invited guests pushed through the door of the Broadway and 53rd Street site known to their parents as the Riviera Terrace and, before that, the Arcadia Ballroom...
...preparation for his other work. Somehow, he knew from the time he finished them that they were no more than closet drama. "I enjoy so much writing my plays," he wrote to Critic Edward Garnett. "They come so quick and exciting from the pen-that you mustn't growl at me if you think them a waste of time...
...first, city officials and even some stockbrokers took all this as mere ritual growl. Twice before, the exchange had headed off similar tax increases by vowing to move away. Last week the exchange turned from threats to action. Its board of governors canceled plans to build a $50 million headquarters in Battery Park, ordered architectural work halted, voted to let an option on the site lapse and decided to step up a search for a new home elsewhere...
...came when the Master of the House invited himself up to Tea one afternoon. Unfortunately, George did not remain quiet, and soon after the Master arrived she began to whine and growl in a most piteous way and to knock on the door to the living room behind which she was incarcertated. The Master, remarking on the peculiarity of the noises issuing from behind the door, opened...