Word: noisier
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down the streets they go, the loudspeakers blaring, the horns honking, the henchmen cheering, and the political boss who organizes the loudest noise brigade wins the election. For America loves a big noise, and the bigger and noisier, the better they love it. The political boss must be colorful, for America loves a showman. The political boss must be clever, for America loves a juggler. Dazzle the common man, for Honest John Public loves to be dazzled, either with gilded promises or gilded coins, and the brightest dazzler wins...
...Times, Herald Tribune, World-Telegram and Post joined battle for Fusion. The Daily News, Sun and Hearst-papers did yeoman service for Recovery. As the whooping & slamming grew noisier, old Mayor O'Brien felt more and more like a political wallflower. Nobody paid any attention...
Always the noisiest of exchanges is the Paris Bourse whose old building (1808) is a copy of the Temple of Vespasian at Rome. Conveniently, the Bourse does not open until noon, closes at 3. But last week its short sessions were noisier than ever as agents de change fought to buy and employes screamed out the prices at which deals were made. Favorite stocks on the Bourse include Banque de France; L'Air Liquide; Coty; Societe Anonyme Andre Citroen; Ford, Societe Anonyme Française; Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez; Union Miniere du Haut Katanga...