Word: loudnesses
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...loud noises made by the Chinese war games have been superseded by the noise of the Taiwan election results. If the Chinese leadership didn't hear it, they must be totally deaf. TONY KETTLE Corner Brook, Newfoundland Via E-mail...
...cheesy tape recorder bellowed the national anthem over the loud speaker, the players on both teams lined up along the dugout or at their positions, put their hats over their chests, took a gallant "baseball player" stance, and stared at the flag. Some mouthed the words to themselves, some made equipment "adjustments" and some stared at the one red seat in the Fenway bleachers instead of at the flag...
...Five Gospels said it loud and proud. An introduction announced that "the Christ of creed and dogma, who had been firmly in place in the Middle Ages, can no longer command the assent of those who have seen the heavens through Galileo's telescope." The Seminarians circulated papers among themselves and met twice a year to vote on more than 2,000 separate pieces of scripture. They conceived a mediagenic means of voting: for each Gospel verse, each voter dropped a plastic bead in a bucket. The bead's color signified the scholar's opinion. The book quoted one participant...
...portion of the system so that workers could establish individual retirement accounts and invest in stocks and bonds. Still, swift action is unlikely. It's an election year, after all. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole will surely avoid supporting a solution without knowing how voters will react. But a loud and necessary conversation about the future financial security of all Americans will finally begin this week...
Nelson closed off with a quote from writer Emile Zola: "If you ask me what I came into this world to do I will tell you: I came to live out loud...