Word: onslaught
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...been living a hermit-like existence in one of those New York subway tunnels, you must know that this weekend sees the release of the fourth Harry Potter book, "The Goblet of Fire." The print run is huge, the hype is sky-high. Amazon.com is dealing with an onslaught of orders...
...that is good and wholesome. I wasn't one bit surprised at your hostile questioning of Dr. Laura. After serving for 18 months in Vietnam and seeing how the news media trashed us service personnel, then 15 years as a big-city cop, witnessing firsthand the news media onslaught of anti-cop writings, then now as a minister seeing how the news media loves to attack biblical Christianity, is it any wonder that I have so much resentment towards the news media...
Tourists and locals, white and minority women alike, endured the onslaught. "All day I got grabbed," says Yaneira Davis, 20, a Rutgers student. "The attitude was, 'I'm going to touch you, and I don't care what you say.'" During the most concentrated period, as a fluctuating group of 50 or so men roamed the southeast corner of the park for about an hour at sunset, as many as six of them penetrated an 18-year-old British woman with their hands...
...know, I know. That's an ugly stereotype of hackers. I'm sure that some of them are at least 18. But even that doesn't really make me feel any better. And now, after enduring the onslaught of "Melissa," the "Love Bug" and now "Stages," I've just about had it. I want some answers. Who are these people and why are they so bent on destroying my hard drive and depriving me of precious e-mail...
...admissions office loved the new onslaught of applications. They were able to exercise an "unusual degree of selection" among applicants, the office reported...