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Every Friday during the football season, the entire high school would meet for a mass rally in the gymnasium. The team would sit conspicuously on folding chairs placed out in the middle of the floor, and the cheerleaders would begin their chant...

Author: By Peter C. Rollins, | Title: Learning to Live With A Degree From Harvard | 2/3/1971 | See Source »

...holy Mafia"-also known as "Octopus Dei"-to build bridges to the rest of the world, Communist and nonCommunist, are directly responsible for Spain's increasing problems with all manner of separatists and dissidents at home. In their mass rallies, the Falange faithful often take up a pointed chant: "Franco si, Opus...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Spain: Calculated Magnanimity | 1/11/1971 | See Source »

...until the horde had settled into a ravenous chant of "Franco! Franco! Franco! Franco!" did the Caudillo step onto the balcony. Dressed in a heavy gray overcoat, and looking all of his 78 years, he could hardly have found his reception disappointing. When the crowd saw Prince Juan Carlos, Spain's future king, at Franco's side, they shouted "Franco solo! Franco solo!" Paling visibly, the young prince quickly stepped back. "Spaniards!" croaked Francisco Franco in his high voice. "Thank you for this explosion of faith and enthusiasm, seconded by the people who believe in the destiny...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: Return of the Ultras? | 12/28/1970 | See Source »

times in a monotonic chant, spoke against people with long hair and mod clothes. In the past this same man has preached against the VISTA project. He then told the story of the Dutch boy who put his finger in the dike; the preacher said that the United States was about to burst wide open and that everyone should put his finger in the dike. Wild. Then, speaking figuratively, he said that God would make us drive our new cars straight and on the right side of the road...

Author: By Darrell Prescott, | Title: Benign Neglect in Wilcox County, Alabama | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...first varsity game in 1968 against San Jose State College. Connecting on 10 out of 13 passes for 277 yds., he buried San Jose by throwing for four touchdowns and running for a fifth. A few spectacular performances later, and the usually blase Stanford fans took up a new chant: "Plunkett to 'em!" Though hobbled by a knee injury in his last seven games that season, he completed 142 out of 268 passes, for 2,156 yds. and 14 touchdowns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Saturday's Hero | 12/7/1970 | See Source »

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