Word: uproars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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There was a moment of profound silence, then a roll of thunderous applause. Chairman Mundt, who had always curbed such outbreaks, let the applause run its course as McCarthy stared in blank surprise. When the uproar had subsided, Joe Welch, face drained white, rose from the committee table, silently walked past McCarthy and out into a corridor where he stood alone, dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief...
Last week, in the uproar that followed, Marc Jacquet, Under Secretary for the Indo-China States, who had in the past slipped reports to Servan-Schreiber, resigned, and there was a shakeup in the French military high command (see FOREIGN NEWS). But last week L'Express was out again-and its circulation shot up by 13,000-to 115,000-and is still rising. Said Editor Servan-Schreiber happily: "The government really did us the best turn they possibly could...
...this time the hall was in an uproar, and White pounded in vain to bring back order. Not till 2,000 box lunches of cold fried chicken were brought in and handed out to stockholders did the meeting quiet down. Looking worn and lonely, White stayed on the platform...
...statements in reply to a question put to him by one of the editors, rather than in his prepared speech. They also argued that if it actually was a "trial balloon," it was floated in such a clumsy fashion that Nixon's cautious statement was confused in the uproar over who made it. Whatever Nixon's reasons, he successfully proved that it is impossible to speak before an audience of 600 and keep the speech either "not for attribution" or "off the record...
Since their installation in 1931, the bells have intermittently groaned and bonged their way to notoriety. Afternoon and evening concerts, which were frequent in the '30's, usually brought Lowell residents into the courtyard, armed with noisemakers and determined to drown out the uproar in the tower. Their efforts were unsuccessful. On a clear day, the bells could be heard for fifteen miles, and if conditions were exceptionally favorable, the radius of total destruction was reputed to be forty-two. House Master Julian Coolidge, who hardly shared President Lowell's enthusiasm for the bells, once complained that when rung they...