Word: uproarous
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Butz survived his jousts with consumers, environmentalists and what he called the "striped-pants boys" in the State Department. He lived down the uproar from many Catholics, notably...
...Harvard stadium deal fell through, leaving owner John C. Sterge to seek refuge in suburban Quincy. Then in mid-June, the same week that baseball's Charlie Finley peddled a couple pounds of flesh for $3.5 million and caused a major uproar, Sterge began his own purge, selling eight starting players in three weeks. It was time to prepare the obituaries...
...convention-as they have done in the past-but this year are remaining in Kansas City after the fighting is over to write, edit and check the section and, in effect, send it to press from there. On the Kemper Arena floor, in the middle of the convention uproar, and at delegate caucuses as they take place around town, 15 TIME correspondents are covering developments and then heading back to our 2,000-sq.-ft. workroom at the Kansas City Municipal Auditorium, a mile away, to write their files...
...record-holding high jumper known as "the Mouth with Legs," was quoted as saying that French Canadians were "rude, discourteous and ignorant." Before slipping to third place in the Montreal rain, Stones, who made public apology by donning an I LOVE FRENCH CANADIANS T shirt on Saturday, relished the uproar that resounded throughout the Stadium whenever he jumped. "This is not a show. It's the Olympics," chastised a judge. "But the Olympics are a show," replied Stones. Next curtain: Moscow...
...coasted along in second place before making his move at the beginning of the bell lap, ending the mounting suspense with a blistering finish. The controversy over blood doping will be forgotten. But that victory tour of the massive stadium will remain in my mind, not because of the uproar raised by Puma and Adidas over Viren's "blatantly commercial" display of his shoes, but because of the spontaneous surge of nationalist feeling by flag waving, chanting Finns for their tired hero. The only reason that this 27-minute-plus, 25-lap race held my interest for as long...