Word: raucus
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...capital of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a separatist group that has waged a 25-year struggle for an independent Tamil homeland. After a triumphant speech by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, a handful of men danced in the streets, as a drummer pounded out one of the island's raucus baila beats...
...that our way of life was attacked on September 11. What we mean is that our words were attacked - our sauntering, freewheeling, raucus, stumbling, unbridled, unregulated, unorthosox words. All that we are in this country came out of words - 18th century words, 19th century words - which in turn wend their way back into a past that existed long before the first sentence of the Book of John. Every word is a new idea, and there is nothing like a new idea to counteract the stony madness of fanatics. If a man spends enough time in a library, he may actually...
They certainly knew how to party in the Land of Oz. Last night proved pretty raucus for the United States as well. It is almost a cliche these days to talk about change, but one big change coming in January is an increase in unemployment--Republican unemployment, that...
...long period in American history, public celebrations were rowdy and raucus. One means of citizens claiming public space was for them to have fun in it in a less than orderly way. Drink was an integral part of daily life, but even more importantly, those public occasions were by no means tame. Their purpose was to provide a chance for the public to come together as people having fun, rather than as citizens playing the part of observers in a well-planned event...
...even at Blodgett Pool, winning isn't everything. "It has to be fun for them to do it," Costin said. To get out of practice, the team has gone to such lengths as starting raucus cheers or ordering pizza to be delivered to the pool...