Word: roaringly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Proponents argued that few creatures would swim close enough to be deafened by the speakers, which will be anchored 3,000 ft. deep. Moreover, supporters said, the noise would be no louder than other sounds filling the sea, from the thunder of cracking polar ice to the roar of supertankers...
...Malone and Smith have taken an exit off the superhighway to the 21st century, both looked more than ready to roar right back on. Most likely, however, they will be driving in separate vehicles...
...paper tiger," says Reeves. "It wants to roar like a big lion, but it is not. Certainly [it is] not a representative...
Equally worrying is his habit of moving back the goalposts on Russia's runaway inflation rate, which experts fear may soon roar to more than 50% a month. In November, Chernomyrdin promised to hold price rises down to 5% a month; in January, after inflation shot to 12%, he began talking in terms of 8% to 9%. Then two weeks ago, while attending the annual World Economic Forum at the Swiss resort of Davos, his pledge of 18% prompted an exasperated Fyodorov to quip that "after the three-hour flight back to Moscow, there will probably be a different figure...
...play. It seemed safe enough; the Serb artillery batteries lining the hilltops around the city had been quiet for several days. Besides, the children were inside a U.N.-declared safe zone. As the Muslim boys and girls shouted and rode their sled, 120-mm mortar shells landed with a roar. The children dropped to the ground and then, when more explosions followed, ran for the beckoning safety of their building. Inside, fearful families rushed to the windows. As they watched, a shell exploded just behind the running children. The fresh snow instantly turned red: the blast and its shower...