Word: roars
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...puppet on stilts), sending fearful hobbits scurrying. Dead men rise from the Marshes (a roiling silver sheet) to make war against Sauron's legions. In the Mountains of Moria, Gandalf battles the enormous Balrog (an Erector-set confection with steaming orange eyes) as the sound effects roar and a strong wind gusts from the stage, spraying the audience with a blizzard of black confetti. As for Frodo, he not only lives, he also sings in the new version of The Lord of the Rings, opening this week at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto...
...widespread resistance, with opponents ranging from a few tribal holdouts to the Governor of Utah. The state has filed suit in federal court to void the NRC license on the grounds that the spent fuel would sit dangerously close to an Air Force training path. F-16 fighter jets roar overhead on 7,000 sorties a year. Should one crash into the steel-and-concrete casks, state attorneys argue, cancer-causing radiation could waft over Salt Lake City. Moreover, the state says, used fuel rods, parked aboveground, would be a target for car bombers or airplane hijackers--"a terrorist...
Congotronics 2 Various Artists Legend places the start of the Congolese “tradi-modern” scene with the exodus of rural musicians to Kinshasa, the bustling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. To be heard above the urban roar, the story goes, bands had to create homemade amplification systems for their drums and “likembé” thumb pianos. They made microphones from old car parts, new electric guitars from cast-offs, and junk percussion from whatever they could find to keep the beat—hubcaps, tin cans, glass bottles. Last...
...sets.A pair of radio shock jocks bleated out phallus/burrito jokes to the crowd, and predictably asked the members of each school to “make some noise.” Students from BC and BU made a formidable racket, but were drowned out by the deafening roar of the Northeastern contingent.But Harvard’s presence was negligible--a smattering of applause, barely audible above the ambient din of the club, was all the noise the Crimson could summon. Where were Blanks.’ fans?Matt T. Boch ’06, Blanks.’ lanky...
Macy's first advantage is size. "It's now got the potential to be a Godzilla," says David Wolfe, a fashion retail consultant for the Doneger Group in New York City. Like Wal-Mart in the discount world, Macy's will wield a big and powerful roar that gives it leverage to get the best prices and exclusive products from vendors. But the recent history of retail suggests that size alone may not work. The most successful retailers have found their footing by focusing on one slice of the market. Luxury purveyors like Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom and Bloomingdale...