Word: roar
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...they passed, 134 planes flew to a rendezvous at Staten Island, then swept up the bay over towered Manhattan. They flew in tight, three-plane V-formations which in turn formed larger Vs, a shining flock of metal hawks that filled the city's canyons with the hammering roar of war. At the head of the formation in a Martin bomber, constantly in radio touch with all his following and ordering their every maneuver, rode Lieut. Commander Alfred E. Montgomery, in charge of the flight. Behind him came Martin torpedo planes, sturdy Vought Corsairs, Curtiss Seahawks, Boeing fighters...
...roar of Zeppelin engines is a horrid sound to British ears. Last week 100,000 of His Majesty's subjects, gathered in the presence of George V and Queen Mary at famed Wembley Stadium, booed and jeered the Graf Zeppelin...
...feet tall, hairy-chested, huge-voiced, he toured Russia with lean, shrill Trotsky, the organ- izing genius who created the Red Army -today largest on earth.-To the soldiers the statesman would speak in his curt, compelling voice. Then, towering up from nowhere, the poet would take the platform, roar out his latest barrack-room ballad, put fight into the then ragged troops who were battling for the life of the Red State...
Both Medical Cabots have pronounced and individualistic views on professional ethics. Dr. Richard, who pontificates unofficially over Boston medicos, precipitated a roar of controversy four years ago when he published his judgment that it was better for the medical profession and the public for doctors to practice in groups than as individuals (TIME,April 12, 1926). Lately he has been reticent with his opinions...
...first act with its Jovian disregard for the limitations of the stage was presented very effectively as far as the mechanics were concerned. The noises of a spring shower and the attending roar of the street were as convincing as could be expected when they could be heard above the shoutings of Miss Inescort vociferously acting the part of Eliza, the "good" flower girl. The other members of the cast presented themselves in a more or less clamorous fashion...