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Loudness
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Loudness
boiler factory
proverbial source of noise and confusion. [Am. Culture: Misc.]
breaking of the sound barrier
boom of plane heard exceeding speed of about 750 m.p.h. or Mach 1. [Aviation: Misc.]
Concorde
supersonic jet of British-French design. [Eur. Hist.: EB, III: 66]
Joshua
Jericho walls razed by clamorous blasts from his troops’ trumpets. [O.T.: Joshua 6]
Krakatoa
volcanic explosion on this Indonesian island heard 3000 miles away (1883). [Asian Hist.: NCE, 1500]
Olivant
Roland’s horn, whose blast kills birds and is heard by Charlemagne, eight miles away. [Fr. Legend: Brewer Dictionary, 772]
sonic boom
shock wave from plane breaking the speed of sound. [Aviation: Misc.]
Stentor
Greek herald with voice of 50 men. [Gk. Myth.: Espy, 39]


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The hotel's brochures refer to this neighborhood as Lower Nob Hill, though a more apt characterization might be Upper Tenderloin - an area that is still straining to shake off its tawdriness.
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