Word: crowd
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...should have made these expectations—of drunken, unwieldy, and massive crowds—clear to HUPD, which could have worked to keep the concert safe without shutting it down entirely. HUPD, too, should have been more willing to respond flexibly to unexpected conditions and engage in active crowd control on the night of the show. Ultimately, these particular mistakes are a sign of the CEB’s inexperience in planning events of this nature. Going forward, the solution to this problem should be to throw more such concerts, not fewer. The CEB should host more bands every...
Speaking before a crowd of around 600 people gathered at the First Parish Church, Annie Leibovitz—the world renowned photographer known for her iconic image of a naked John Lennon clinging to Yoko Ono—revealed the secret behind her photographs: “There’s no magic. It’s just work...
Among the crowd were fans ranging from middle school students to long-time fans who credit Leibovitz with their passion for photography...
...beloved football team, who went without a much-needed last-minute dose of pep. Football games are won and lost on pep, as any real fan knows. Luckily, the Crimson carabinieri went on to thrash the Bulldogs, 10 to nothing, in front of a frostbitten, largely vegetative crowd. There seemed to be more enthusiasm about the announcement of Sen. Edward Kennedy’s attendance at the annual competition than any one of its actual happenings...
...fall,” said Mayor E. Denise Simmons at yesterday’s rally. Simmons, who married her partner when Cambridge legalized same-sex marriage in 2004, is the first black lesbian to be elected mayor in the United States. She provided messages of optimism to the crowd, citing the election of Barack Obama as an indication that “the tainted symbols of inequality have fallen by the wayside.” The mayor said that marriage equality will someday be available to all families throughout the country just as it is in Cambridge. Simmons continued speaking...