Word: roars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thinks much at all, in the roar and glitter. On the street outside a crowd has gathered, attracted by the klieg lights swooping over Cambridge, and by Robert Blake, Man of the Year. Blake, who says he's "never won nuttin' like dis before", leans out the window and waves to his teenage fans. After a while he is pulled back inside, and the window shut. Those within have paid to laugh; serious adulation is out of place...
...Could he be subjecting himself to the chaos of political conventions because of an old obsession, the one prize life has denied him? How could a writer resist the fantasy: a hopelessly deadlocked convention; a sudden mammoth coming-to-trie-senses by the delegates; a whisper cascading into a roar that will not be gaveled into silence. And out into the glare of klieg lights and a forest of microphones there steps, at last, the Best...
...addition, she has been one of the responsible voices in the anguishing struggle touched off in East Boston by school integration: for example, in this week's Phoenix there is a story about a fight for control of an important community school council in East Boston in which the ROAR faction was defeated by a more responsible group. The person who defeated ROAR's effort to take control of the council was Ms. DeFronzo, who was elected chairperson of the council over the ROAR candidate, and Congressman Udall is proud to have her on his slate. Barney Frank State...
Princeton was starting to roar, though, and the Tigers continued to narrow the gap in the sprints. After a great start, Harvard's Todd Hooks pulled up lame in the 60-yd. hurdles, as Yale's Harry Davis went on to win in 7.6 seconds. Davis also won the 60-yd. dash, but more important, Princeton picked up second place in each event and third in the dash for eight points...
...angled landing deck was smashing through the superstructure of the Belknap like a battering ram. The impact crushed the ship's funnels, sending clouds of acrid smoke billowing through the cruiser. Jet fuel from the Kennedy sluiced over the Belknap's mangled superstructure. With a roar, fire broke out on both ships...