Word: shouted
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...Hassan's car is waved through two police checkpoints before it arrives at a crowded square named after the 19th century Iraqi poet al-Rusafi. When he stops, the cameraman begins to shout, "God is great! God is great!" A man sitting next to him is shown dialing a cellphone, evidently to set off the bomb. A huge explosion is heard, and the video ends with scenes of people fleeing from the scene. Iraqi authorities have confirmed that two men were killed and seven injured in a March 26 bombing in Rusafi Square, but would not say if the Ayesha...
...shoe still hurts. One night in 1980, just a few years after the busing crisis, I was a college student walking through Harvard Square. Two white boys coming from the opposite direction parted ways, and one of them punched me in the stomach. Completely winded, I could not even shout for help...
...certain extent.” Klein decided that she would shatter the stereotype. “I wanted to provide a different image of what a female Harvard student was,” the Lowell House English concentrator says. “Female children are often encouraged not to shout, not to make a lot of noise, not to scream,” says Klein. Women often are wary of performing publicly “for fear that they’ll sound ugly,” she adds. Klein faced that fear head-on. By her own account...
...instead of seeking a return to reason and facts, thereby elevating currently debased discussions, too many people respond simply by dragging the debate down further. Worse than insulting their opponents, these protestors react by not even allowing the other side to speak. They simply attempt to shout over any opponent. The most recent example of such behavior was the harassment of FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III at an Institute of Politics Forum in April. Four students began shouting at Mueller about a minute into his talk and continued yelling until they were arrested. This protest did nothing to generate...
...course there are legitimate arguments and concerns behind these statements. But the valid issues are obscured by name-calling and disrespect. When people shout over their opponents, or throw around words like “racist,” “homophobic,” or “anti-Semitic” without strong evidence, they not only insult those they attack, they discredit themselves. They appear irrational and closed to discussion, thereby killing any chance of people engaging in any meaningful or intelligent debate...