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Word: roars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...awakened by the high pitched roar of the Formula Super V cars (1/2 as powerful as the Ones) screaming around the course like a thousand giant bees. Out of the acres of parked campers appear the thousands of families in this record crowd of 105,000. Under the hot sun they flock dutifully to the trackside, a mere 100 feet from where we are camped. The day's first six-packs of beer are being opened. The infield, littered with dead campfires, is fast filling to capacity. Suddenly all is quiet. The cars have finished their heat...

Author: By Edmond P.V. Horsey, | Title: A Watkins Glen Journal | 12/6/1974 | See Source »

...Crimson seemed to have the game under control when Lou Silver capped a Harvard flurry with a short jumper for a 67-61 lead. With six minutes to play, the running game was rolling to the roar of the near capacity crowd...

Author: By Kurt J. Holland, | Title: Minutemen Squeak by Crimson, 74-71, As Late Surge Erases Harvard Lead | 12/6/1974 | See Source »

...perorations, walked away from the mottled-marble rostrum and clasped his hands over his head in a boxer's victory stance. Led by delegates from Arab nations, the crowded Assembly Hall-the seats were predictably empty at the table reserved for Israel's delegation-burst into a roar of applause. U.S. Ambassador John Scali and most Western delegates, however, politely sat on their hands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Guns and Olive Branches | 11/25/1974 | See Source »

...roar of the crowd was deafening as the mass of ecstatic campaign workers surged toward the stage in anticipation of Dukakis's arrival...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Governors' Headquarters | 11/6/1974 | See Source »

...should have heard the roar," another aide says, "when the campaign manager came on the loudspeaker and announced Sargent had been endorsed by The Globe. It was fantastic...

Author: By Mark J. Penn, | Title: A Governor's Race Without Issues | 11/5/1974 | See Source »

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