Word: tumult
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This did not present a problem. That night, the crowd— fresh-faced and soft-butch, sporting horn-rimmed glasses and carefully bedraggled coiffures—was frequently reduced to whispers amid thundering drum solos, only to be thrust back into blissful tumult by exploding guitars and vocals...
...decision is usually the hardest one. And the hardest decisions are often the least popular at the time. We are at our best when at our boldest." His basic message: I will do what I think best. Illogically, it brought the house down. Which was nothing compared to the tumult Clinton sparked. His rock-star magnetism lives: everywhere he went, delegates mobbed him to get a handshake or an autograph, and just like old times, he charmed the locals on a late-night run to McDonald's. After warmup music that included (to sniggers from the audience) Kiss...
...vogue when school prayer was disallowed; the OED’s next citation is from a 1962 article in the Washington Post: “A moment of silence...Would it be possible and acceptable to have each school day commence with a quiet moment that would still the tumult of the playground and start a day of study?” Enforced moments of silence have enjoyed popularity as a sort of ersatz school prayer ever after: A recent Oklahoma law mandates a daily moment of silence in all public schools...
...covers devoted to 9/11 and its consequences, ranging from anthrax to Afghanistan, from George W. Bush to a prescient FBI agent in Minnesota named Coleen Rowley. In each case we tried to give you a front-row seat to history, breaking news and making sense out of tumult...
Spanning the hills of the southern subcontinent, the vast coffee plantations of India's Coorg region are tranquil sanctuaries known mainly to those who work the land. A half-day bus ride from the nearest airport at Bangalore?and generations removed from the congested tumult of India's other population centers?Coorg is a destination for travelers who prefer their sojourns to be sleepily decaffeinated...