Word: anthemic
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...marchers, protected by 1,700 National Guardsmen and 500 Georgia state troopers, went on. "Hey, hey, ho, ho, K.K.K. has got to go!" they chanted. And in one of the largest demonstrations in the Deep South since the 1960s, they joined in singing King's old anthem, We Shall Overcome. Declared Bernice King, daughter of the martyred leader, at a closing rally: "On behalf of a new generation of civil rights leaders, we graciously accept the leadership when you hand it over...
...band--a noisy bunch in Crimson jackets--plays the national anthem, the players stand at attention, facing the flag, the crowd stands, you stand. When it is over the crowd cheers, you cheer. The centers square off at center ice, the puck is dropped, and the crowd roars again...
Singing the national anthem, about 70 students stood nearly an hour in the office of the Radical Student Union after an afternoon of shouting matches between CIA supporters and protesters, said school spokesman Joan Ashwell...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S number one song "Born in the USA" was widely misinterpreted by people who never listened past the chorus. They mistakenly believed that it was a blindly patriotic anthem, the Star Spangled Banner of rock...
...beleaguered city of Houston, jinxed in oil and space and now ninthinning rallies, showed particular grace and unusual humor in defeat. A courageous child "soloist" in a pinafore came out on the infield and sang the national anthem before the last game, and the morning after the Chronicle reported, "Around 2 p.m., little Amber Pennington, seven years old, fought her way through The Star-Spangled Banner before the start of the sixth game of the National League Championship Series. Before the game was over, Amber joined the Brownies, the Girl Scouts and went to her senior prom. She was married...