Word: yell
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...thousand-throated freshman yell of "Take them off," Sally Rand, at a Harvard smoker, thoughtlessly retorted, "I will if you will," danced in a blizzard of cast-off gents' furnishings...
Originally suggested by the cheerleaders in the belief that students might yell louder if placed with their friends, the innovation amounts to letting undergraduates sit virtually wherever they please. For if a man living in one House prefers to join his friends in another, a switch is perfectly agreeable...
...behind. In the middle of the backstretch, Whirly, still far behind, began to move up. Nearing the home turn, he was on the heels of the front runners. Could Arcaro keep him from bearing out? The crowd held its breath for a moment, then let go in a nervous yell. Whirlaway had shot through an opening, was tearing down the stretch like a tornado...
...World War I, when the U. S. raised a spectacular $21,439,000,000 in 24 months. But some tricks of World War I's drives will be pointedly omitted. This time no church bells will toll as a "dirge for slackers"; no "four-minute men" will yell at pedestrians through megaphones; no persistent Boy Scouts will push doorbells; no grisly posters will scare moppets. This time the Treasury will avoid high-pressure salesmanship, lure savings by a simple but fast-moving patriotic appeal. Some details...
...British merchantman that was torpedoed in the North Atlantic last summer. She went down pretty fast, but the crew kept their spirits up by singing--not Rule Brittania or Pomp and Circumstance, but just plain Beer Barrel Polka. Pardon me while I run down to Scollay Square and yell "I Am an American," just as loud...