Mr. Clinton has complained privately for several years that he has difficulty hearing in crowded rooms and at noisy rallies.

At the fringes, this fury has produced noisy rallies, calls for a holy war against America and threats to attack Americans here.

He spoke today at a festive and noisy rally here in this central Florida city, home to many retirees.

About 100 college students staged a noisy but peaceful rally on Monday to protest the Government's handling of the economic crisis.

Once they held noisy rallies and blocked the highways with marches.

The 10-day campaign was supposed to be a "gentlemen's election", free of flag-waving and noisy rallies.

Detainees held a noisy rally there today, and one man was seriously injured after climbing over a razor-wire fence.

Later they blocked traffic on a local street for an hour before moving on to a noisy rally outside Washington Tower.

Union leaders organized a noisy rally last week outside the Capitol in Tallahassee to protest the reorganization of the civil service system.

In the capital, at least 500 elementary and high school teachers held a noisy rally today outside the Ministry of Education.