Word: roar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Shanghai three days before, disembarked on the dock to the gay music of a Marine band. An hour later Manila's brightly lighted water front was suddenly plunged into pitch darkness. The dock on which the refugees were standing in confused groups began to shake. With a terrifying roar the roof above split apart. "They're bombing us again!" screamed a woman refugee. Another shrieked: "Is this another...
...Orator Toledano hurled imprecations at the enemies of labor. The Mexicanos were enthusiastic, but not enough to suit Toledano. Dramatically pausing, the fiery-eyed labor leader leaned forward on the rostrum to grip his listeners once more. He was going to tell them something. The Government of Mexico, his roar rose to crescendo, faces danger, immediate danger, danger of a Fascist plot-a plot in which high officials of the Government are involved...
...stately Foscari Palace now converted into a school. Here in the open courtyard they had come to see Romeo & Juliet. As they entered-the Duke in a dinner jacket, his Duchess with sapphire earclips and a white evening gown-the audience jumped to their feet to roar Viva l'amore Viva l'amore! (Long live love!). At the end of the play Romeo bowed to the couple, threw up his hand in a Fascist salute. The crowd went wild with excitement. It was a typical demonstration of the popularity that greeted the Duke & Duchess wherever they went...
President Roosevelt asked them what they had done so far to justify Congress' seven months sojourn in Washington. Speaker Bankhead started to rattle off a list of bills passed-bills for the most part neither important nor publicly known. The President squelched him with a roar of laughter. Presently the visitors came out and gave the press a list of five bills to be acted on before adjournment...
...with a typical visitor to Spain's war-torn metropolis, steered him into a cafe. "He was enjoying his beer," cabled Mr. Gorrell. "when the 'something' he wanted to see took place. There was a high-pitched whistle, followed almost instantly by an earshattering roar. Glass showered over the cafe tables as people dropped to their hands and knees. When the cannonading was over I took the visitor out into the street again...