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In junior high, reading a story in Life magazine about the routine day of a Midwestern doctor “was like hearing a thunderclap.”

He remains a thunderclap from the baseline, but has options other than ferocious groundstrokes.

His chapters end with a wink as often as a thunderclap.

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The sound, often described as an explosion or thunderclap, can be heard over a large area because it moves with the plane, similar to the wake of a boat spreading out behind a vessel.

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We thought there would be a reaction but nobody could have foreseen this absolute thunderclap.

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