Word: howl
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...outdoor theater, Actress Anderson had to howl down the throb of low-flying planes for an unsegregated audience of 10,000, probably the largest ever to see Medea. Total receipts, for seats in camp chairs or on the grassy slopes: more than $16,000. Six blocks away, the National, still obstinately grinding out minor movies and losing money, was half empty...
...combination is infallibly amusing. He plays Stephano, and is very ably matched by the Trinculo of David Andrews.' Together, the two romp and stomp about the stage, like two mad clowns--or is it two children inebriated only with springtime--and when joined with Caliban, it's a real howl...
...farmers themselves. A quota limits the amount of a commodity a farmer can market, if he wants to receive subsidy benefits. This method, in effect, gives the farmers monopoly powers. Under the Brannan plan, the quota system would be greatly expanded. This part of the plan has raised the howl of "government control" in Congress. The main argument against the quota system is that it is liable to be abused by the monopolistic groups. On the other hand, quotas give farmers protection that other producers get through tariffs, that industry gets through monopoly agreements, and that labor gets through unions...
...when his Martin 1305, the first clippers, were ready, the British were not. Trippe.called in his staff and said: "We'll fly the Pacific instead." When the balky British refused him entry into Hong Kong, Trippe sent his planes to nearby Macao. Hong Kong merchants raised such a howl that the British backed down and let Trippe...
...poured forth goods and foodstuffs like a great machine being pushed to its ultimate, agonizing peak of performance. Last week the nation heard the wheels slow down a few revolutions. Though they had cursed inflation to a man, U.S. citizens had grown so used to the howl of high-speed gears that any change in pitch sounded ominously like warnings of a slowdown...