Word: louder
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...Democrats will focus on putting forward a candidate who forged his long career in public service in that decade’s crises of conscience. But far louder than the instrumental of the Beatles’ “Revolution” playing from the rafters earlier, Obama promised an uprising of principles to come that will make good on all the ’60s’ promises...
...outcry over U.S. corporations' hiring white-collar labor abroad grows ever louder, an expanding body of research and analysis suggests that a job gained overseas isn't necessarily a job lost at home. According to a study by Matthew Slaughter, an associate professor at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business, during the decade ending in 2001, U.S. firms hired nearly 3 million workers abroad, up 42%. At the same time, companies also expanded their U.S. work forces by almost 5.5 million, or 31%. Often, "as firms expand or sell in foreign markets, they have to hire people...
...favorite is this: ‘I now pronounce you married,’” Monroe said, with the ovation growing louder as she continued, “under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts...
...luster—I’m confident of that,” observes Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who teaches a course on Harvard’s history and its presidents. “He’s the man for whom the ovations grow louder every time he returns...
...January, just before Somare's 18 months ran out, he tried - and failed - to have the safe period extended to three years. As murmurs of a no-confidence vote grew louder, Somare adjourned Parliament for five months. But the time that bought him was cut short. In April, the Supreme Court ruled that the December selection of a new Governor-General had been invalid: Parliament must meet and vote again. The plotters had their chance...