Word: chanting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early going Saturday, just about the only suspense concerned the fate of Kyle Disdain's Secret Santa, who (honest to God) passed out instructions to the 600 spectators present to stand in unison at the 18:00 mark of the first half and chant...
...began to chant, and to sway back and forth. "Smash ROTC, No Expansion: Smash ROTC. No Expansion." The noise on the steps increased. Suddenly it swelled and I saw a surging tidal wave of baby blue helmets, and baby-blue jackets criss-crossed wildly by thick brown clubs. The cops were rushing into the landing way behind the steps, smashing their clubs down on the kids who were waiting helpless. They weren't looking where they were hitting, just holding their clubs up and bringing them down as quickly and in as many directions as they could. I heard moans...
Down By Law is a collage of the bizarre tics of urban life, where the chant "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream" can become a cry of rebellion, and a rabbit-on-a-stick a conciliatory gift. But all this calculated oddness aside, how can you not love a director who puts someone named "Rockets Redglare" in the cast...
...Hungarian-made AKM assault rifle, private serial number 000. Suddenly, the stillness is broken by the shouts of 1,000 of Garang's guerrillas passing on their way to battle at nearby Kapoeta, a southern Sudanese town 140 miles east of the city of Juba. First they chant, "Garang, Garang, Garang." Then they break into song...
Flamboyantly garbed in a white cloak, purple shirt and black jacket, Gaddafi paused at one point during his speech to allow young Libyan women dressed in battle fatigues to chant cheerleader-style, "Down, down, U.S.A." Announcing that he planned to consult with his Libyan "people's committees" about withdrawing from the nonaligned, he called the summit a mere exchange of courtesies. "We meet," he said. "We eat together, we travel long distances and laugh together. In the cause of freedom we should not be nice to each other...