Word: tumultously
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Undoubtedly the "hit-and-run" accusation was a blunder and has been officially acknowledged as such by the United States. The apology has in addition been accepted by Benito Mussolini and apparently the tumult aroused by the affair has died down in Italian circles. It would therefore seem that a prolongation of the incident would not only be an unnecessary expenditure of effort, but also contribute nothing to the improvement of international relations. Furthermore, the mud-slinging and fireworks usually attending American trials might serve to make the Butler statement even more aggravating abroad. Already Senator Heflin has shouted...
...there anybody older than I in this house?" suddenly shrilled 82-year-old Deputy Karl Herold above the tumult, "I was born in 1848! Anybody older than I? Anybody?" "Nein!" rumbled the Reichstag with one mighty voice, and, as custom decrees, the oldest Deputy took the chair prior to election of a regular President, began quaveringly to call the roll...
This is the story, bounded by the four walls of the whistlers' room and the miniature cosmos of the hospital. The echoes of the war sound even there, but only faintly; this is a reflection of the tumult of the front, a single instrument against a symphony. Nothing vast, grandiose in the physical sense, enters the work. It is written with a fine, precise hand that understands how to use the individual as effectively as other writers on the war use the mass. Thoroughly unpretentious, still the book expresses its great thesis of friendship effectively, and in small compass...
Paulina, daughter of Speaker Nicholas Longworth of the House of Representatives, granddaughter of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, celebrated her fifth birthday by going to the House gallery for the first time. Noting her appearance, the representatives rose, faced her, applauded. Excited by the tumult, she giggled, clapped back at them, had to be told to drop her hands...
...With tumult and with shouting Pedagog French's friends and disciples, old and new, came to his aid. The Corporation solemnly convened, voted to create an extra professorship for him, submitted the proposal to the English board. Again and astoundingly came the negative vote, four to three. President James Rowland Angell accepted Pedagog French's resignation, with customary expressions of regret. The triumph of Research over Teaching seemed complete...