Word: roar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Coming out at the roar of ugly Holborn, he ruminates: Catholicism sat like a sister of mercy by the deathbed of its mother, the ancient Culture. Protestantism was the nurse of a lusty child, modern civilisation." Passing a huge Dissenters' "chapel," he says: "It is becoming impossible for those who mix at all with their fellow men to believe that the grace of God is distributed denominationally...
...look to Washington, and Washington with inviting eyes looks back on them." the authority of his voice will seem to establish the fact. Speaking from the same platform from which Premier Baldwin urges a proper solution of Anglo-American relations, one seems to hear the convincing roar of the British lion himself...
...Dillon, the Indian player who had the ball, passed the successive five yard lines and the audience defected the hump on his back, the rolling roar of laughter sounded like the incoming ride on a rocky coast
...vaudeville stage for over 50 years, Mr. Dockstader's most famed performance was an act in which he appeared, with burnt cork on his face, accoutred in every detail, even to teeth, as President Roosevelt in Rough Rider's costume. His mere entrance brought a roar of laughter...
...Pacific 231 (TIME, Oct. 27) has arrived in Chicago. This rhapsodic translation into musical terms of the progress of a locomotive dashing through the night recently met with an enthusiastic reception when introduced to U. S. audiences by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Chicago, accustomed to the rush and roar of Wolverines and 20th Century Limiteds, is a trifle blase about locomotives-particularly musical ones. Tlie audience reacted to Mr. Honegger's composition with chuckles rather than cheers. One Hackett, reviewer for The Evening Post, was particularly amused. He commented in a mood of tolerant banter. Among other things...