Word: uproarous
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...suit has since been dismissed, but the charges live on, putting the city in an uproar and prompting a new look at racism in baseball. Atlanta Braves executive Hank Aaron called for an investigation. The N.A.A.C.P. hopes to use the controversy to compel Schott to hire more minorities; of 45 front-office staff, only one Red is black. Jesse Jackson has talked with Schott and wants to discuss hiring practices with other baseball-team owners as well...
...went widely unrecognized among military personnel, who barraged the President-elect with bitter criticism, arguing that homosexuals would undermine good order and morale. The tight personal living arrangements in the military, many Pentagon hands contend, are different from the 9-to-5 world of civilians. But for all the uproar, there were signs that Clinton was winning support. Polls show a majority of the public favors lifting the ban. In contrast to Senator Sam Nunn's harsh criticism, House Armed Services Chairman Les Aspin was quietly supporting the initiative. Even General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
...with just 68 seconds left here in Walter Brown Rink, with Harvard's bench in an uproar and BU Coach Jack Parker in a frenzy, the Crimson tried to cast off the curse with every eye of new, tongue of bat and magic wand it had. But with Captain Ted Drury panting and heaving from exhaustion--along with the rest of the top line--the Crimson had only smoke and mirrors...
Jaleo is the Spanish word for ruckus or uproar. In 1886, John Singer Sargent masterfully captured the uproar of the flamenco dance in his well-known work "El Jaleo...
...natural in a democracy for people to worry most about the influence they cannot see -- which helps explain the uproar when their worst suspicions are confirmed by what they do see. Some commentators went off like a cheap car alarm when Rosalynn Carter's fingers grazed the doorknob of the Cabinet room. Columnists conjured up Lady Macbeth when Nancy Reagan introduced policy-by- horoscope, or when she nudged her husband at a press conference on the hostages and urgently whispered, "Tell them you're doing the best...