Word: louder
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...quiet Beatle only in that he was standing alongside two louder-than-life characters and in front of a guy playing drums. He held many strong opinions--on Beatlemania, on global want, on his right to privacy, on his God--and gave firm voice to most of them. But George Harrison was certainly the most reluctant Beatle, wanting out almost as soon as he was in. He often said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. And he said once, "Being a Beatle was a nightmare, a horror story...
Whoever the Sandrine’s guitarist was that night, apologies from FM. Douthat’s song and Modigliani’s impression were both louder than all hell. When Sarah Darling stepped up to present, she started by saying, “I don’t have that much to talk about,” so she broke out her viola. The guitarist should have just packed it up and gone home as soon as she drew her bow. The group exhorted her to ask the guitarist to stop, and he wisely complied. Sarah played variations...
Twenty-first century metal, championed in different fashions by both System of a Down and Slipknot, offers more than the hedonistic hair bands or Satanic ritualists of the 80s—it’s louder, it’s angrier and, more importantly, it’s often smarter...
President George W. Bush and all of his Cabinet have already warned that this will be a long and complex battle. But already dissenting voices are becoming ever louder, touting this conflict as a reprise of the disastrous Vietnam War. The American public is far too intelligent to accept that dropping bombs on Kabul will rid the world of the forces of terrorism, and it should be treated with more respect. To retain public confidence in our efforts, the Administration should remind Americans of the specific aims of the U.S.-led campaign in Afghanistan, and show why our actions...
...Many times, terror warnings are issued because the intelligence "noise" has gotten louder. More reports - confirmed or unconfirmed - are pouring into intelligence organizations about terrorists on the move, so the agencies conclude that something must be up, though they don't know what. Intelligence officials also admit that sophisticated organizations like bin Laden's often will have operatives intentionally create noise - like making cellphone calls they know spy satellites will intercept - just to flush out what the spy agencies have arrayed against them...