Word: loudest
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shots of Death-to-the-Shah street crowds, who by now economically wave their fists most fervently when they see the camera's red light upon them. Next the "students" appear, enjoying the dream of every terrorist and airplane hijacker: to have television cameramen vying to record their loudest threats and wildest allegations. This has usually been balanced, if at all, by a brief low-key response from the State Department spokesman, and by the infrequent appearance of an unimpressive publicity man for the Shah. Anchormen and their producers are generally scrupulous about presenting "the other side...
...loudest cry of alarm came from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in Brussels, where he chaired a three-day conference of 100 Western political and military experts that was sponsored by Georgetown University on the theme "NATO: The Next 30 Years." In an extemporaneous speech remarkable for its passion, Kissinger warned that the U.S. nuclear umbrella over Europe is fast losing credibility in face of the Soviets' military buildup in general and their nuclear versatility in particular. The Soviet Union's improving and multifaceted nuclear capacity, he said, not only is making it increasingly difficult...
...affected buildings will have an additional 30 days in which to file requests to be exempted from compliance. So many reasonable exceptions to the 78° standard are written into the regulations that much of the complaining may well disappear. While restaurant owners, for example, have been among the loudest protesters, they will be considered in compliance if the temperature in their hottest room is no higher than 78°. Thus if the kitchen is no less than 78°, the dining rooms can be cooler. Supermarkets, too, can qualify for exceptions on the grounds that their perishable foods...
...price and production whims of OPEC. For about 40 hours, beginning with his TV talk Sunday night, Carter was winning popular and political support for this economic moon shot. On Monday, in tub-thumping speeches to county officials in Kansas City and communication workers in Detroit, he drew the loudest and longest cheers that he has heard in months...
...time before baseball's free-agent era, ,the loudest sounds of the off season came from the hot stove league, that long winter of "Remember when . . ." and "Who was it that . . . ?" Today such gentle ruminations have been all but drowned out by the ringing of cash registers, as players who have learned to measure the value of strong arms and big bats in the open market have begun renegotiating contracts...