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...Bravo Company of the 2nd Battalion, who had formed a tight perimeter on the street, began heading toward the mosque, citizens started shouting and moving forward. With rabble rousers (later identified by Iraqis as Baath Party members) shouting, "The Americans are storming the mosque," the crowd began to chant and shake their fists. That's when Hughes made his move. Grabbing a microphone he calmly announced over a loudspeaker, "Second Battalion soldiers, take a knee and point your weapons at the ground." Seconds later every one of the men was on a knee, and not a single weapon was pointing...
Biologists continue to recite the worn credo, “the central, unifying principle of biology is the theory of evolution.” But where would physics be if Einstein had been forced to chant, “the central, unifying principle of physics is Newtonian theory,” until he could not see beyond its limitations...
Today, when England faces Germany in soccer, English fans chant, "Two world wars and one World Cup." And what a Cup. An overtime goal gave England its only world championship. The climactic final was extended when the West Germans tied it 2-2 near the end of regulation. In O.T., England's Geoff Hurst blasted a shot off the underside of the crossbar that ricocheted down and over the goal line. Goal. No, on the line. No goal. The camps remain divided. But England celebrated because the only opinion that mattered was the ref's. Goal...
...crowd moves on. A student tries to coordinate a new chant with a “rhythm section” of a few protestors beating empty drums...
Marquand Professor of English Peter Sacks stands in front of a small enclave of pro-war counter-protestors waving American flags, his hands in the pockets of his black overcoat, and shakes his head. Soon, he joins in chant...