Word: chant
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fans, who, Bills general manager Bill Polian says, "identify more closely with their gridiron heroes than any other fans, except those in Green Bay," left their seats. Tens of thousands of them invaded the rain-soaked field to chant, dance and rip down the goalposts. They paraded the uprights around the field and out into the parking lots. They even deposited a chunk of one outside the private box of Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson, a Detroit businessman whom they once booed. "We'll build new goalposts," said Wilson happily, "and they can tear those down...
...unruly, wave the orange-red-and-blue Armenian flag, which last flew over the region when it was a free republic in 1920. Later, at about 7:30, a lone bugler approaches a microphone and plays a melancholy tune. When the last note dies, the crowd breaks into a chant: "Artsakh! Artsakh!" -- the historic Armenian name for Nagorno-Karabakh...
...more than 10,000 cheering voices vibrated in the air as the train pulled into view of Gujranwala, a farming and industrial center in the northeast state of Punjab. Red-black-and-green banners embossed with the arrow of the Pakistan People's Party (P.P.P.) fluttered overhead. The chant "Benazir, Prime Minister!" crescendoed as Benazir Bhutto, 35, stepped onto the platform. Holding high the party's manifesto, the candidate declared, "You have a chance to decide the future. Vote for the arrow aimed at the heart of injustice...
...play his hits, including "When the Spell is Broken," "Shoot Out the Lights" and "Tear-Stained Letter." He, too, dedicated a song to George Bush ("Pharoah"). His lone cover, an unexpected choice, was the encore of the Animals' "We Gotta Get Out of This Place," sung like a druidic chant on Salisbury Plain. Oddly enough, it worked...
...turn to watch the protest one of the SWATers called me "Fashionably apathetic." I walked away, but within a minute I realized the protester's rudeness. I returned to the rally, faced them, and bellowed: "Excuse me! Which one of you just called me 'Fashionably apathetic'?" The chanting stopped and the woman who had insulted me stepped forward. I explained to her that the remark was uncalled for, and that one would not gain support by insulting passers-by. The SWAT members weathered my comments until I said, "I disagree with what you're saying." Immediately a member initiated...