Word: loudest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard freshmen post players had nice evenings. Forward Onnie Mayshak, who had just four points in three games entering last night, scored six on 3-of-6 shooting and grabbed three rebounds. He also had the loudest basket of the night--a two-handed breakaway dunk off a stolen pass midway through the second half...
Drill sergeants must have huddled for generations over precisely what exercises, in precisely what order, cause young men to scream the loudest. The sergeant, a very funny guy when he wanted to be, had the routine by heart: push-ups, sit-ups, bicycle kicks, squats of all varieties, shoulder touches, arm twirls - more than I can remember, until the lifting of hand over head was quite nearly impossible...
...company, which is based in Minneapolis, Minn., and covers 14.5 million Americans, is betting the move will improve the quality of care and its bottom line, and maybe even help convince Congress that the HMOs can heal themselves. Nearly everyone applauded the decision, but practicing physicians were cheering loudest. Says cardiologist George Rodgers, in United's Austin, Texas, pilot program: "It's just made my work much more enjoyable...
...bags. They sit in front and speak in faux-British accents. They talk of Boston and the Square, at a volume sufficient to drown out most of my other conversations. Finally, the driver surrenders; "What brings you to Boston?" he asks. The blonde begins to detail their vacation. The loudest of the four, a bandanna tied around her short dark curls, turns to a third and exclaims, "OOOOOH, YES! We have engaged the bus in conversation!" Hmph. Actually, I didn't say anything. But I should have known they'd be trouble; those who know board by Holyoke Gate...
...morning's loudest and longest applause came when Jeffrey D. Sachs, the director of the Harvard Center for International Development, told Obasanjo and the audience that his center is fighting to get developing countries' debt forgiven...