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...response to mutual frustrations. As one example, they note that many of the 1,600 buses the U.S. provided for Egypt's chaotic transport system two years ago have broken down, either through bad maintenance or overloading; some arrived in Egypt without mufflers and produced a grating roar that Cairenes cynically refer to as the "voice of America." U.S. military officials are also concerned about the ability of Egypt's armed forces-considered the best in the Arab world-to cope with the complex U.S. weaponry that will replace the country's aging Soviet guns and tanks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Vital Partner | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

...Elija Muhammad. Preaching The Word of Muhammad Ali. He ended all his rallies the same way. "Who's the heavyweight champion of the world?" he would ask, smile on his face, hands cupped over his ears to better hear the crowd's response. "Ali! Ali!" the multitudes would roar frenetically...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: Muhammad Ali: Losing the Real Title | 7/15/1980 | See Source »

...photographer, travelling in a different car, arrives to take a few pictures, and then they roar off, back toward Boston. Just another assault, deadly weapon, except there's a good lead for the story. One of the policemen was celebrating his birthday that night. "I turned 33 this morning--and 38 tonight," he says. Great quote, it'll make the story...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: The Park Street Under Blues | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

What matters in the Star Wars films, however, is not acting talent, but special effects and plot. The visuals in Empire are stellar (terrestrial scenes--especially those on Yoda's planet, Degobah--are spectacular as well), and the stereophonic sound effects roar with such stunning realism they make you believe that if noise existed in space, this is what it'd sound like...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Bombs | 7/4/1980 | See Source »

Eight years after her marriage, Caroline is in obstetrical stirrups being delivered of their first child: "She wasn't supposed to roar, the natural childbirth teacher hadn't mentioned anything about that, she was supposed to breathe and push. But as long as no one seemed to take any notice she might as well keep on, it felt so satisfying and necessary... The sound reminded her of something she had heard long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Homebodies | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

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