Raymond Padilla, who said he took taxicabs four or five times a week, viewed it as one of the city's mounting annoyances.
But mounting evidence also connects noise exposures with cardiovascular disease, sleep disturbance, stress, general annoyance, impaired learning and concentration, and other health effects.
The frustration was mounting for Spurs as the game entered the last 20 minutes, even more so when Van der Vaart collected a loose ball in the area but fired wastefully over the top, beating the turf in his annoyance at an opportunity missed.
"The government has to rise above pettiness and any sense of annoyance and irritation and acknowledge the need to mount a rescue mission," said Mr. Barrie of the National Art Collections Fund.
Mr. McCain's annoyance with the international coverage of Mr. Obama mounted steadily last week.
The Ragusos and some of their neighbors have mounted a campaign to dismantle the siren, arguing that it is not only an annoyance that compromises the quality of their lives but also a threat to their health.
