Word: roaringly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...last week the roar of ice-littered water had died away along most of Alaska's great rivers; the Tanana, the Yukon, the Porcupine, the Kuskokwim foamed ice-free through the hundreds of miles of evergreen wilderness. Even north of "the Circle" the ground had thawed. Hundreds of thousands of obliging salmon ran in Alaska's larch-green coastal waters. The Arctic ice pack would soon move sullenly offshore. The sun stayed in the skies at night, and green things burst into leaf and blossom with hothouse frenzy. Alaska's short, violent summer had begun...
...while the CABmen watched with narrowed eyes, the DC-4 suddenly lurched and headed for the ground, 4,000 feet below. People on the ground heard an ear-shattering roar from its engines. The doomed plane's drunken glide steepened into a dive. From the vertical it went slightly on to its back, completing part of a wide outside loop. From the CAB plane, the inspectors saw it plunge into a clump of trees, disintegrate in a great cloud of smoke and flying debris...
...When the elevator door opens, you think you have arrived at a sports arena while the wrestling matches are under way. A distant roar of voices goes up and down. The roar grows stronger as you walk to the entrance of the huge six-story-high trading floor...
...Harry keeps howling for his price. Finally a tall old man with white hair waves his hand toward his face, palm inward. Harry nods his head and the roar stops. Then Harry turns to the red-faced one. who looked as though he was about to kick Harry in the groin ten seconds ago. Harry says calmly: 'Haven't had time to play. Too cold. I been reading on how to correct that slice.' The red face nods sympathetically...
...Preakness like this: "AND it's Jet Pilot in the lead by a head. . . . AND it's Jet Pilot by a neck. . . . It's Jet Pilot by half a length. ... Jet Pilot by a length . . . Jet Pilot!" A moment later, through the roar of the crowd was heard a shattered mutter: "What am I talking about?" Then solemnly: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have made a terrific mistake ... I was looking at Phalanx and Jet Pilot disappeared on me. . . . The winner of the race is Faultless." Clem (and, with him, millions of others) had been confused...