Word: crowd
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...convoy of 18 SUVs pulls to a halt on the narrow road above Sanjiang, Wenchuan county, Sichuan, the gleeful shrieks of an excited crowd float upwards through the autumnal mist. The vehicles have made the three-hour journey from the provincial capital Chengdu, spending two hours of it crawling through countryside affected by the cataclysmic earthquake in May. We say countryside - in fact, the view through the windows is an unsettling inversion of what the term normally evokes. Giant fissures sunder the hills and there are yawning voids where roads should be. Broad swaths of boulders and debris remain...
...What Obama's Win Really Means I appreciated "The Messiah Myth" [Nov. 24]. As an Obama campaign volunteer, I was among the 40% of whites in the crowd at rallies, and I soaked in the amazing diversity of blacks in attendance. I began to learn, as you say, what blacks have "to show America and the world." This time the fire is like burning coal: strong, quiet, productive energy. Your article rings true with my experiences: Obama is not the wave; he rides it. He represents what we are striving for in ways that transcend race. Gerald Remington, Orange City...
...million people will crowd the streets for the parade's 83rd annual run, while another 50 million households will watch from home. Twenty-four floats; 15 helium character balloons (including four new ones); and hundreds of clowns, acrobats and cheerleaders will accompany Santa as he greets onlookers from his new, 3-story sleigh...
Nkunda arrives two hours late, sweeping to a halt in front of a sweating crowd of 2,000 in a blacked-out Toyota Land Cruiser flanked by jogging uniformed bodyguards. As Nkunda disembarks, the goons shove and kick reporters and spectators, then stand moon-faced and legs apart around their man, guns slung over their shoulders and pointed down, trigger fingers running along the guard - the pose of elite troops from Fort Bragg to the southern Philippines. Nkunda is a man who manages his appearance carefully, cutting a tall and slightly dandyish figure in combat fatigues, a purple beret...
...times Nkunda, who has promised an "inquiry" into the killings, can't help let his true colors show. During the rally, he berates the crowd for their cowardice. "If you are afraid, then respect me," he said. "I am not afraid. Do not compare me to you. If you are afraid, let me pass. Get out of my way. I have no fear." There was also some clumsily, stage-managed propaganda. Several Congolese army deserters gave testimony at Nkunda's prompting on how they had switched sides after realizing justice was on the rebels' side. Then a rag-tag thief...