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Word: chanting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...from the opening moments of the contest, the Dartmouth quintet held the ball, stalled the play, and put the fans to sleep. The band offered its well-known "Boring" chant, but soon gave up from ennul, and switched to a ragged version of the Mickey Mouse Club theme song...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Hoopsters Dump Green, 60-40 | 3/4/1981 | See Source »

...building as the place fills with a formal-wear crowd--so many penguins waiting on John Travolta's arrival. Travolta is about to give a press conference, and his fans gather below on Holyoke St. Lights flash on, cameras start to roll, but before Travolta can be introduced, the chant floats in from outside: "We want John! We want John!" It doesn't even rhyme...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The Roar of the Greasepaint | 2/19/1981 | See Source »

...home on February 14, which they hope will avenge the heartbreakingly close dual-meet loss last year--a loss that was decided in a final relay and featured injured Harvard swimmers being helped onto the blocks. In fact, the spirit of revenge is so strong that the last chant departing swimmers heard bouncing off the walls of the chlorinated auditorium yesterday was the Crimson's "Harvard, Harvard--rah, rah rah! Beat Yale...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: Swimmers Cop 2nd In GBCs | 2/5/1981 | See Source »

...chant wafted out over the Garden ice last night, gently settling on the Crimson skaters savoring the magic moments almost nobody expected, over the top-ranked college hockey team in the East, now humiliated, going through the motions and waiting for the agony to end, and finally coming out to rest on the sparkling eyes and iridescent dome of William J. Cleary, who had been waiting for this one for a long, long time. He grinned, clenched his fists in victory, and then applauded lustily...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: A Beanpot Bonanza | 2/3/1981 | See Source »

...after each flurry the crowd would again break into its chant, "Marvin, Marvin, Marvin...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: Hagler Retains Title With Eighth-Round TKO | 1/19/1981 | See Source »

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