Word: clamoring
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...wants to repaint its faded walls, he explains, and install a sound-and-light show by the victory tower-in the manner of tourist-friendly restorations that have taken place at sites elsewhere in the state. I try not to be too encouraging. This is one place where the clamor of imaginary armies, and the bright flash of chimerical steel, is the only spectacle required...
...anymore, now that online discussion threads like Harvard’s BoredatLamont or Brown’s Daily Jolt have elevated anonymous libel to a fully searchable art form. Every time a kid loses an internship because an employer found annotated bong-rip pics on a MySpace page, students clamor that their privacy has been invaded. At IvyGate, we deal with fallout all the time. But what are bloggers and journalists supposed to do when it’s the students themselves who put the material online in the first place, and when, nine times out of 10, it?...
...unprecedented level of student participation in theater grew it became increasingly obvious that undergrads’ interest in the dramatic arts was here to stay. In light of this, the HDC and Student Council began to clamor for the creation of a student theater to house Harvard’s dramatic productions. The inconvenience of holding plays in dining halls and other unorthodox spaces, combined with the impossibility of producing every student production in Sanders, contributed to efforts to create not only a home for Harvard theater of the time, but also for generations to come. Harvard?...
This ruling from the Court is worrisome, no doubt about that, but the political clamor that has emerged from the strongest pro-choice proponents is even more troubling. Until these organizations and politicians contextualize the abortion debate to encompass women of all economic backgrounds, their political message will lead to failure...
...even that worst-case scenario might not be enough to dissuade the popular clamor inside Kurdistan for more assertive action. Just four years since the fall of Saddam, most Kurds may be willing to remain a part of Iraq for now, but few want their destinies to remain tied to a poor, failing state beset by sectarian carnage. Over time, the push for a free and independent Kurdistan may become irresistible. In a bid to manage expectations, the Kurdish leadership is putting out a new party line, echoed in mosques and newspaper editorials: "Be grateful." But as Americans have learned...