What happened next was perhaps the loudest crescendo of the blowing of taps ever performed.
Just as the air of anticipation hit its crescendo, it sputtered, deflated and drifted away.
As the music reaches a crescendo, so, too, does the hysteria of the crowd.
And everything building to a crescendo on March 23, when Taiwan holds its first-ever direct presidential election.
If I actually recommended it there would be a crescendo of hate rather than just some shouting.
These harmonizing strains came to a crescendo with the release of Mass Effect 3 in spring 2012.
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The bickering and debate about almost every Nobel Prize reaches a crescendo, at least in scientific circles.
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He went on to praise the powerful crescendo that reflects "defiance against those who would do us harm".
While the calls for his resignation rose to a crescendo, he carried on as if nothing was wrong.
The best beaches to experience the crescendo-level revelry is at Juhu beach in North Mumbai or Chowpatty Beach in South Mumbai.
The crescendo was reached in November of 2010 when the Tea Party exercised extraordinary influence over the mid-term elections.
It would transform what at times can be a dull bowl season into a crescendo of collegiate football memories.
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The campaign reached a crescendo within just four days of being launched, catching Nestle unprepared and scrambling for a response.
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For a long moment after the music's crescendo climax, they remained standing silently next to one another with upraised arms.
"I started out light, just like the piece, and I reached a crescendo with my more dramatic clothes, " Herrerra explained.
During our hour-and-half long interview, Talen frequently elevated the volume of his voice preacher-like to a booming crescendo when coming to a point.
The risk involved in holding out for a better offer is real, says Eric Rosenfeld, president of money manager Crescendo Partners.
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It reached a crescendo in Pavillion, Wyoming where EPA has been investigating whether the fracking process polluted the drinking water there.
During these crescendo events, investors panicked and sold out fearing further declines.
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But the action jumps convincingly from Washington, DC, to a remote part of the Caucasus Mountains and builds to an explosive crescendo.
"We're at a critical tipping point, with the eurozone crisis reaching a crescendo and UK growth forecasts being revised down, " said Mr Cridland.
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As the drum beat reaches its crescendo, Pilot Baba seals the chamber with tin sheets, and throws a handful of sand over it.
Inevitably, the crowd oohs and ahs during an exchange, then reaches a crescendo when somebody finally hits a winner to grab the point.
This trend reached a crescendo during the crisis of 2008, when 10-year Treasury yields plunged to 2% and 90-day T-bills paid negative yields.
Finally, the coming crescendo of the Soviet financial crisis presents at least one major policy opportunity for the West which should not be missed.
The beat of drums reaches a crescendo as Beth and Teach run down what was once the church's nave and jump over a broomstick.
In addition, the blizzard of new regulatory costs and barriers imposed by the Obama Administration will be building to a crescendo by 2013 as well.
Just to put the current move in to perspective, yields climaxed in the prior month to reach 2.04% as the financial crisis reached its crescendo.
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Suzuki showed a patient structural command, giving an arc-like shape to the Kyrie by waiting a hundred or so bars before applying a substantial crescendo.
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