Word: shoutingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Viva Cuba!" With this shout and fists raised high, three Cuban exiles marched out of a Washington courtroom last week. The dramatic defiance drowned out the sobbing of shocked relatives, but only for a moment. Two of the men, Guillermo Novo Sampol, 39, and Alvin Ross Diaz, 46, had just been found guilty of first-degree murder in the bomb-killing in Washington of former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier, 44, on Sept. 21, 1976. A third, Guillermo's brother Ignacio, 40, was convicted of perjury and failure to report a crime...
Inside the compound, some of the attackers were picking up telephones and randomly dialing numbers. When someone answered, they would shout: "Hey Yankee, we've come to do you in. Tell Carter he's finished." People started fires to disperse the tear gas, but whenever a fire started to get out of hand, there would be shouts of "Don't burn anything. Save it!" All the while, bullets filled the air, ricocheting off the ground and buildings. Then several gunmen stopped firing and yelled to the others: "Stop! Orders from Khomeini...
...Jarreau have new recordings certain to satisfy both fans and newcomers. Rushen, a veteran jazz artist, put together some fine tracks recently to produce Patrice. Formerly a backup vocalist for several artists, Rushen displays on Patrice every bit of her musical talent in a highly complex, soft-toned repertoire. Shout it Our and Prelusion, her previous discs, are also electrifying...
...lusty cry that roused the Highlanders of ancient Scotland for battle was called a sluagh-gairm. A combination of the Gaelic words for host and cry, this rallying shout became slogorne in English and was over generations altered into sluggorne, slughorn, slogurn and other variants, including slogen. From that came the modern word that embraces those catch phrases, mottoes, aphorisms and partisan whoops that are continually coined and used by every segment of society, from politicians to Boy Scouts to terrorists. Slogans are, in fact, as common as chitchat...
Seven years later, the Islanders have carved up every other team in hockey and the fans come to root for them. Lately there is a lot to shout about. With slightly less than half of the season to play, the Islanders have the best record in the N.H.L. (32 wins, 6 ties and only 9 losses). The biggest ovations are reserved for the scoring pyrotechnics of the best forward line in the game, Center Bryan Trottier, Right Wing Mike Bossy and Left Wing Clark Gillies...