Word: ballrooms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weird, near-surrealist climax the Cuban President announces his resignation ("due to the success of the guerilla groups in the Guantanamo and Santiago areas") at his glittering New Year's Eve party. Hordes of men in tuxedos and women in long gowns spill out of the ballroom, down the marble steps of the collonnaded Presidential Palace, stampeding to the relative safety of the American Embassy compound. (Michael, of course, has his own chauffeur waiting to take him to his private plane). It only lasts for a moment, but the violence of the first confused stages of this revolution provide...
...ballroom was never full last night, the mood never enthusiastic. Sargent had been gaining on Dukakis the last few weeks, but victory was never within his reach...
...crowd of nearly 500 supporters had slowly trickled into the ornate Louis XVI ballroom throughout the early evening. A few seasoned pols shaking hands and slapping backs stood out in the group of mostly young campaign workers, almost all under...
About 20 minutes later, the top campaign aides quietly left the ballroom to hear Sargent place a congratulatory call to Dukakis and to plan Sargent's concession speech...
...governor-elect entered the room, the crowd went wild with the knowledge that the man they had worked so hard for had come from dark horse status to a resounding victory. When Dukakis reached the stage the overflowing ballroom broke into a chorus of happy birthday in honor of his 41st on Monday...