Word: confetti
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...among the largest in Philippine history. An enormous crush of humanity flocked to Manila's Rizal Park to hear Aquino and Laurel make their concluding speeches. A sea of yellow T shirts and banners, reflecting Aquino's campaign color, overflowed the sprawling harbor-front park. Yellow ticker tape and confetti rained down from office buildings surrounding the capacious square. < In contrast to earlier Aquino rallies, which had had a decidedly homespun air, an array of professional singing and television stars held the throng's attention for three hours before the opposition candidates arrived. When Aquino and Laurel finally appeared...
...Amid confetti, band music, and lingering doubts about the future of the Radcliffe Quad renovations, Cabot House's newly remodelled Briggs Hall opened its doors yesterday to hundreds of cheering students and all the University's big brass...
...occasional tropical downpour, but the crowds were quiet and uncomplaining. Finally, when the long-awaited political caravan straggled into view, the throngs invariably exploded into ecstasy. As small children ran alongside the open jeep that bore Opposition Candidate Corazon ("Cory") , Aquino, 53, supporters threw yellow and white confetti and shouted a welcome: "Cory! Cory! Cory...
...finding out which staff members will follow James Baker to the Treasury." Stanley also learned that even the most picayune details of pomp get top-level attention. "At one planning meeting," she reports, "I overheard the chief of Inaugural operations tell White House Adviser Michael Deaver how multicolored confetti could be made to stick to a ballroom floor: spread the floor with Coca-Cola...
...Wall Street investors, 1984 ended with a weary sigh rather than the tooting of horns and tossing of confetti. Moneymen conducted more business than last year but made a lot less money. The New York Stock Exchange traded a record volume of 23.1 billion shares, a 6.9% increase over 1983. Stock prices, though, declined for the first time in three years. The Dow Jones industrial average closed on New Year's Eve at 1211.57, a drop of 47 points, or 3.7%, from 1983. Last year had begun with bull-market bravura that sent the Dow to a peak...