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crescendo Music a. a gradual increase in loudness or the musical direction or symbol indicating this b. (as modifier): a crescendo passage How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Saturday, after a disturbance at his apartment in the 27000 block of Hidaway Avenue crescendoed with a gunshot. The success of the media construction, which crescendoed as the great lady was hauled off to jail pleading free speech (the authorities took a dimmer view of live ammo at the front desk), more than made up for the emptiness of the art. Then, when it became clear De La Hoya had taken charge, those chants changed to ``Oscar, Oscar, Oscar'' and then crescendoed into wild cheering when he knocked Vargas down and then won the fight. |
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