Word: roaringly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Thousands line that last mile and the noise never seems less than a roar, even after the early finishers are in. The intensity of the situation is startling. Most recreational runners are used to dealing with pain by themselves. No one ever gives a damn how bad you're feeling when you run around the Charles. It's a very private experience...
...keep thinking I shall awake soon from a bad dream." So said a young Rumanian last week, as he watched bulldozers and mechanical shovels snarl and roar through the debris in downtown Bucharest caused by the most devastating earthquake in the country's history (TIME, March 14). Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu announced that the death toll for the country had reached 1,387; he estimated the number of wounded at 10,500, including 2,500 who were still hospitalized. The 20-second quake, which registered 7.2 on the Richter scale and was followed by 20 minutes...
Disaster announced its presence in Bucharest one evening last week with a long, moaning roar. The earth began to heave, and older buildings in the pleasant, tree-shaded Rumanian capital (pop. 1.7 million) shuddered and started to collapse. A major earthquake-registering 7.2 on the Richter scale-had struck. For six terrifying minutes, the calamitous shaking continued...
...doctor was out of the question. Elizabeth Welch brought down her son's temperature by simply packing him in what was closest at hand: snow. Last week the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finally rescued the family of four by breaking through the sea of white with a roar of snowblowers and earthmovers. "My God, I'm out!" cried Mrs. Welch, and she rejoined the world...
Heated tropical air rises and flows from the equator toward the colder polar regions, while cold polar air flows toward the equator. The planet's eastward rotation skews the movement of air and causes the prevailing westerly winds that blow from North America toward Europe, and roar across the southern oceans. Topographical features, such as land masses and mountains, and uneven heating patterns further alter the air flow. The result is the assortment of high-and low-pressure regions and the winds that give the earth its weather...