Word: loudnesses
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...grand whoop greeted the final curtain, and among the crowd which poured out there were many who were loud in their denunciation of the attitude of the students...
...Gong. John Dos Passos wrote this. As usual, he was annoyed at the time-annoyed because no matter how high a steeple you climb you never can strike the moon like a gong. Mr. Dos Passos' hero was not able to climb above convention either. The play is loud, violent, incoherent, with a character called "Third Young Man with a Cold-Cream Face...
Meanwhile "the cries of the [foreign] priests" and nuns who are being deported from Mexico (see RELIGION, p. 21) were loud. Throughout the week it was apparent that the clauses of the Mexican constitution which provide that only Mexicans may give religious instruction in Mexico are again being sharply enforced, after a momentary period of hesitancy engendered by strong U. S. British and Spanish protests (TIME, March...
...excited to care. Many ate, tearing at the flesh, gulping it with oversweet coffee. At the game the Illinois and Michigan elevens lined up. Whistle. Plop! The kickoff. In ten minutes "Red" Grange made four touchdowns. The Michigan spectators felt sickish. More kickoffs. Touchdowns for this team, for that. Loud and long the cheers. Here and there someone on the Michigan stands grimaced. His stomach griped him. Pork is a heavy thing to eat, burdensome when one has to yell like thunder. Finally the game ended. Illinois 39; Michigan 14. The latter's supporters were sick. Some were...
...probably what the committees hope for because of the large over-application for tickets durig the past few years. But these loyal individuals want to attend. The fact that the action of the committees makes it either impossible or impractical for them to do so arouses their antagonism, and loud rings the cry "Professionalism." Public opinion on this issue is already in the balance, and it is a question whether this change will throw it over in the wrong direction; and public opinion does count despite Harvard indifference. Is it necessary to call the attention of the sport world...