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...fans back at the border and lock up (for the duration of the game) anyone who succeeded in penetrating the triple police cordon around the stadium. Even Turkey's imams have got in on the act. After Friday prayers earlier this month, they urged fans to eschew the usual raucous chants directed at their opponents ("We are ready to die, die," and "There's a beating waiting for you outside,") and instead express approval of the home side in more dignified and spiritual terms: Maasallah (May Allah preserve you), they suggested, or Baarek Allah (Blessed Allah). At a football match...
...Israel? Three hours before boarding, the security entourage arrives and transforms the terminal. They push the line into a jumble so they can set up barrier ropes and stations for questioning every passenger. Even as their movements are brisk and authoritative, the Israelis waiting get more raucous. They start fighting loudly over who was there first...
...Meet lead singer Walt Lafty, lead guitarist Nick Perri, rhythm guitarist Mark Melchiorre, bassist Brian Weaver and drummer Kevin Frank—five shaggy-haired time travelers hell-bent on resurrecting rock’n’roll. They strip their sound down to the essentials: wailing guitar licks, raucous vocals and crashing drums redolent of rock’s heyday in the 70s. Explicit lyrics might stave off mass appeal for Silvertide, but the rambunctious quintet out of northeastern Philadelphia strike that chord of mania and excess with rock fanatics. Tuesday, August...
...investigative reporters and opposition-research folks in other campaigns have only just begun their spadework on the Deans, on how the family made its fortune, on what deals Dean cut as Governor of Vermont, on where his straight talk grows crooked. Dean told me his bachelor party was so raucous that it helped persuade him to stop drinking 22 years ago. Quite sensibly, he wouldn't provide details of the night's festivities, but--eventually, ineluctably--someone will. Still, Dean practically squeaks today: he doesn't drink alcohol or even caffeine. The good doctor also doesn't smoke...
...important to remember, when people complain about the irresponsibility of the press today, that back then it was much more raucous. In the Pennsylvania Assembly election of 1764, for example, all sorts of vicious articles and pamphlets were printed attacking Franklin, who was a candidate...