Word: chantings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When the black convertible pulled up to the speakers' platform erected for the occasion, there was an outburst of cheering and applause, almost drowning out a well-dressed woman's shout to her husband: "He's so handsome!" Youngsters set up a "We Want Lodge!" chant, and the grownups joined in. Somebody handed the candidate's smiling wife a massive bouquet of four dozen roses, and as the cheers continued Henry Cabot Lodge, the G.O.P.'s choice for vice president, raised his arms to form a V. "This was Nixon territory," Illinois' Congresswoman Marguerite...
...Castro arrived. He shouted to the mob, which he called "this free and sovereign assembly," that "no nation of Latin America tas dared to have diplomatic relations with the Popular Republic of [Communist] China. The Revolutionary Government wishes to ask the people if it wants to establish relations." The chant rose: "Si, si, si." Said Castro: "We herewith break relations with the puppet regime of Chiang Kai-shek...
...music stopped and, as the boos mounted, Stella fled the stage. But after 15 minutes of the sort of anger that only Italians can feel about an operatic misdemeanor, the crowd had a change of heart and began to chant: "We forgive you, Stella." Urgently prompted by the management, the soprano finally returned to the stage, supported by Baritone Giangiacomo Guelfi. Slowly advancing to the footlights, she knelt, gazed beseechingly at her public and bent forward until her forehead touched the stage. "Forgive me," said she in a squeaky voice. "I've been feeling poorly all day." The audience...
...Norman J. O'Connor, C.S.P., will act as commentator for the group, whose selections will include "The Thrill Is Gone," "Moanin'," "Azure," "That Old Feeling," "Rib Room," "Three Part Suite for Octet," "Rock Bottom," "Confirmation," "Cubano Chant," "Ambrosia," "Visa," "4:00 A.M.," and "Night Float...
Last week Bremen had on display a huge (305 square yards) section of Lurçat's Le Chant du Monde, which will eventually be almost double that in size. "All the monumental arts," says Lurçat, "are having some kind of renaissance. In Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Caracas, Geneva, it is the same-the architects are making huge new buildings with great nude walls that cry out for tapestries." Le Chant du Monde may never decorate such a wall, for its most logical destination would be a French museum, where it would hang as an example...