Word: uproarous
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...last basket, a smooth jumper off the dribble from the top of the key, sliced the Dartmouth lead to three and sent the crowd into an uproar...
...midst of a public relations crisis, facing criticism from all sides for his loose tongue, his rough treatment of various professors, and above all, his extremely charged feud with African American Studies star Cornel R. West ’74. Factions of the faculty were in an uproar, and in reporting the unrest, the national press painted Summers as a man who simply never learned his lesson...
...perhaps Rubin’s influence has not taken Summers far enough. Indeed, if last month’s uproar is to suggest anything about the legacy of his days at the Treasury, it’s that Washington-trained diplomacy just won’t cut it for the world of liberal academia—an institution whose structure differs fundamentally from that of government...
Summers said he has been putting in “longer days and more weekends” of late to ensure that, even amid the uproar, “the business of the University continues...
Skeptical professors, backed by nearly unanimous applause, flatly rejected what appeared to be a choreographed attempt to address the uproar over Summers’ leadership. The proposed committee, which the president did not address but surely favored, died a quick death yesterday and left Summers without a concrete stepping stone from which to move beyond the Faculty’s discontent...