Word: roar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...horses dropped out; one by one, Royal Tan passed those that remained. As Royal Tan approached the 30th and last jump, almost bridle to bridle with the last remaining challenge, Tudor Line, the knowing crowd let out a roar. For in 1951 Royal Tan misjudged the last jump and lost precious time; in 1952 he fell at the last jump...
...Hollis used to roar...
Unlike his creature, Sergeant Friday, Webb can roar with laughter and talk with vast intensity and enthusiasm. He attracts all sorts of people. But he has few friends, almost no social life and is seldom seen in Hollywood nightspots. Nothing but an ailing script can keep him from sleeping nine hours a night, and he is hard at work every morning at 8 o'clock. In his spare time he stares at motion pictures, often "stopping them and backing them up" to engage in rapt inspection of every last optical effect and lap dissolve. In five years...
McCarran, had been given a ranking place to the left of Bayar. Pat purpled, and refused, in a modulated roar, to sit anywhere except next to the guest of honor. "Since when," sputtered McCarran, "does the mayor of a city come before a U.S. Senator...
...much stronger. Olson believes that a sound killer could be built that would use only one watt of current. It would be small enough to hang over the head of a sleeper to protect him from sleep-destroying noises. Another use: making conversation easy in an airplane. The deep roar of the engines would be reduced, while the higher tones of the human voice would not be affected as much...