Outside the railway station, police shouted in megaphones, telling people where they could get free rice porridge.

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On voting day, megaphones reminded citizens that guns, commonly carried in rural regions, were to be left at home.

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Lately pundits are shouting from their megaphones that high-yield bonds are overvalued and the bond bubble is ready to burst.

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He even started two newspapers, as megaphones for his political views.

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The store never opened, and by midmorning authorities wielding megaphones roped off the store and told the crowd of hundreds to disperse to break up the tense scene.

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Blogs have enabled economists to turn their microphones into megaphones.

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On Wednesday, factory officials bearing megaphones urged employees gathered outside to return to work, Ms. Akter said, adding that they were told their pay would be docked if they didn't.

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Restart and reframe the discussion: Once you realize that a shouting match is underway (even if you are part of it), you need to get the parties to step back, turn off the megaphones, and start the discussion all over again.

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The band takes an idiosyncratic approach to music-making: It purchased an abandoned church as studio space, it's traveled to Budapest to record with large-scale choirs and orchestras, and it often incorporates a jumble of reflective tape, neon signs, megaphones and motorcycle helmets in its live concerts.

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