Word: loudnesses
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...auto industry's annual coming-out party in Detroit last week, carmakers sent a loud message to baby boomers: Get in the backseat. Young, young, young--the word came up over and over again at virtually every one of the North American International Auto Show's glitzy vehicle unveilings. And when the industry's boomer executives weren't making impassioned pleas for attracting younger buyers, they simply turned to the babies themselves, who appeared in person or on MTV-inspired videos, twentysomethings and teeny boppers cooing over the many cars now aimed directly at them. Two of the industry...
After the loud Italian headlines, Lehmann insisted he had been misunderstood. "I didn't ask for the Pope's retirement," he said. He did reiterate, however, that John Paul was quite old and that it would be "opportune" for the church to have a strong Pope. But it seems unlikely that John Paul II will step down. Certainly not this year, which is important to him symbolically, with his planned pilgrimage to the Middle East...
...nonwriter friend, had penned the best ice cream name the store would ever have. I saw the store's other sad, poorly written flavors, like Peanut Butter in My Chocolate and Cassie's Blue Cotton Candy with Sprinkles and the particularly lazy Vanilla. I found myself speaking in a loud, pastoral voice, saying, "My friend is amazingly talented, huh? Someone who perhaps should quit his day job and write a serious piece of literary fiction. He is what I believe is called a writer's writer." The woman behind the counter agreed, in that she didn't say anything...
Harvard still managed to overcome its miscues in the first half. Three minutes into the game Monti, after turning the ball over to Proctor, showed great hustle in beating her back to the other side of the net, forcing her to redirect her shot, a play that elicited loud cheers from the Crimson bench...
...forget the toxic effects of loud noises on you and your child. Turn down the TV and the stereo, and protect your ears while mowing the lawn and (I know this is a pipe dream) at rock concerts. The eyes may be the window to the soul, but the ears provide plenty of enrichment as well...