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Word: chanting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Times report of that anti-American chant must have particularly astonished the paper's immigrant readers. They, after all, have come to L.A. with everything staked on a belief that American myths are real. Richard Yen-Shih Koo arrived from Taiwan in 1965. "I saw the good life in the United States," he says without irony, "as heaven...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Los Angeles: The New Ellis Island | 6/13/1983 | See Source »

...Lawrence at Wisconsin: Save some pity for Gary Weicker. The Larries' star goalie had a rough outing in the ECAC third-place game loss to UNH. Even worse, he's venturing into the home of the infamous, noisy, red-clad Badger fans--the inventors of the "sieve" chant. Weicker's chief nemesis will be All-American forward Pat Flatley...

Author: By Jim Silver, | Title: Go West, or to Providence, Young Men | 3/18/1983 | See Source »

...Jersey, THINK EWING! THINK!; in Philadelphia's Palestra, EWING IS AN APE. When Ewing was introduced there someone in the crowd tossed a banana peel onto the court. T shirts and buttons have been manufactured bearing the slogan: EWING KANT READ DIS, which is also a recurring chant at the games. Not surprisingly, Patrick Ewing, 20, has had a few fights this year. Racism is not surprising. It pervade sports and life. But the overtness of ape banners and bananas on the floor is chilling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Banner Year for Meanness | 3/14/1983 | See Source »

...song and mid dialogue "Funnler. Louder!" one person yells. "You're so sexy great legs, Rick!" shouts out another Moments later. "Take it off" becomes a back-row rallying cry. another patron with high alcoholic content loudly observes to Gustave that he is fat. But the overriding chant is Rick-line!" The audience is turned on by a long and superbly choreographed lead-in to the show's footwork finale, and 12 Holyoke St. shakes when the hirsute legs...

Author: By Paul A. Engelmayer, | Title: Roar of the Greasepaint | 2/23/1983 | See Source »

Anybody can sing and chant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Scream Girls and Gypsies | 1/24/1983 | See Source »

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