Word: roar
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week, Sondondo's beat was lost in a steady roar. After days of steady downpour, the river had flooded the gorge. Said Sondondinos, peering up at the lowering sky: "Apu Karwarasu...
Late that night, a deafening roar awakened the village. All knew it was an ayapana (avalanche), which to the Indians meant "an earthquake from above." Tons of mountain mud, loosed by the rain, poured over Sondondo. At daybreak, survivors saw only rock-studded earth where once 30 trim houses had stood. At least 70 people were missing...
Kongsgaard relaxed as he picked up speed ("When the wind starts to bite, I am free from tension"), gave a strong kick as he reached the takeoff. A few seconds later the crowd let out a roar. His 290-ft. jump was 60.96 feet short of the world mark, but it had set a new U.S. (and North American) record, breaking the old one of 289 feet set by his late countryman, Torger Tokle* at Iron Mountain, Mich, seven years...
That afternoon they got their first look at their old commander at a reception in the ballroom of the Shoreham Hotel. Other people clapped politely. The aging cutups of Battery D let out a roar...
...Lion's Roar Muffled...