Word: loudnesses
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...Night, A Leader Again The President was talking business, and the applause rang loud, long, and often. Nobody mentioned Monica Lewinsky, and for an hour, Bill Clinton was back to his old self. Full Story...
...passed by an Uno whose driver, described as a brown-haired "European type" in his 40s, behaved "abnormally." He zig-zagged, kept turning around to look behind him and at one point hit the brakes and pulled over to the right, apparently trying to park. His car made a loud roar as if its muffler had been damaged. As Francois and Valerie passed the Fiat and continued on their way, they noticed a large dog in the back...
...African-American woman, Morrison knew that some people would believe, even if they wouldn't say it out loud, that the notoriously inconsistent Swedish committee, often swayed by geopolitical rather than literary criteria, had given her the prize because of what she was rather than what she wrote. But Morrison shrugs off these suspicions, which have accompanied every upward step of her career. "When I heard I'd won," she says, "you heard no 'Aw, shucks' from me. The prize didn't change my inner assessment of what I'm capable of doing, but I welcomed it as a public...
...matter of fact, you feel more energetic than you felt the day before! Not only that, but you feel more alert than ever; when you look around at the buildings outside, everything appears incredibly sharp and focused, and the voices of the people around you sound remarkably loud and distinct. Later in the day during your exam, perhaps you begin examining ordinary objects as if they were quite extraordinary, noticing with tremendous interest the edges of the seat in front of you or the chew-marks on your pencil. But by noon, people are laughing at you at lunch...
...these early weeks, with crowds, lines and general hassle, there is an added benefit for Los Angeles residents to shove, to plan craftily to elude the guards and get into the Irises room, and to negotiate the rapidly-moving, loud, colorful crowd of guests--all famous, at least to themselves. The Getty Center resonates with Angelenos as a idyllic microcosm of their lives: the crowds and chaotic traffic have not disappeared, they're just forgotten amidst the breathtaking views and classy architecture...