Word: wail
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this time the sirens did not wail, the cannons did not roar, and few families bothered to deck their houses with flags. In contrast to the excitement in London the week before, only a small crowd gathered outside the imperial palace to shout "Banzai!"' Japan seemed to be waiting...
...Avalon, 19, said his guardian needed approval to spend $12,373 from the kid's estate for assorted expenses. The inimitable Fabian, 16, needed $38,392. It costs a lot of wampum to be Fabian, his guardian explained. He can't go to school (girls scream and wail as he walks down the corridors), so he has to pay two private tutors $10 an hour. Moreover, the Fab is taking singing lessons that are worth like 60 years of analyst's fees...