Word: louder
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...passed places where women have been sexually assaulted. We passed bystanders who clapped and ones who jeered. We passed men who stared, people who turned the other way, youths who watched us in confusion. And as we marched by the spectators, I shouted louder and louder. I was yelling in defiance of those who restricted our right to be free, to walk alone in safety...
With every win, the crowds have grown bigger and the chants of "Detroit, Detroit" louder. The pressures have increased. The mania has grown madder...
Whoever succeeds De la Madrid will have to grapple with ever louder calls for the P.R.I. to loosen its iron grip. Each of the three men now being touted for the presidency has had opportunities to observe other political models while studying at American or European universities. Seemingly first among equals is Alfredo del Mazo Gonzalez, 43, De la Madrid's Minister of Energy. Del Mazo has held bank posts and served as governor of the state of Mexico before assuming his current portfolio, which has demanded careful management of Mexico's precious oil reserves while the sag in prices...
Rarely has the traditional "Hey (insert name of opposing goalie here) you're not a sieve, you're a funnel..." cheer been chanted louder. And most of the fans lingered in the stands for five minutes after the final buzzer in order to watch the Harvard band perform...
...promissory pieces of paper have had a magical ability to help sustain one of the longest periods of economic growth in U.S. history. But as that expansion moves well into its 18th quarter, fears are rising about how long the magic can last. Suddenly, alarms are sounding louder than ever that those handy piles of debt are taking on the messy proportions of a potential crisis. Individuals, corporations and even Uncle Sam himself are, to put it bluntly, in hock as never before in history. To many concerned experts, the question is not whether but how much the mountainous burden...