Word: crowded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hits and focused on his recent or lesser-heard material. Watching Costello churn out perfunctory versions of "Alison" and "Every Day I Write the Book," however, gave me the distinct impression that, for all his barbed wit and rebel posturing, Costello is not above pandering to a hit-hungry crowd...
...forward approach provided nice variety in the show. The best tune in his set was "The Rose of England," a somber and folky piece delivered without any of the irony that characterized Lowe's early work. With his cuffed jeans, loafers, and Everly-Brothers-inspired vocals, Lowe took the crowd on a pleasant ride back to the future, to the innocence and simplicity of '50s rock and roll...
...freshman year, I was one of a few dozen Harvard students who trekked to Washington on a cold, gray autumn weekend to protest U.S. intervention in Central America. There were about 30,000 of us at the demonstration, which to my inexperienced eyes seemed to be an endless crowd. But when we reached the Ellipse, the vast open spaces of the Mall made our numbers seem meager...
...WEEK ago in Washington we were no longer the beginnings of a movement. The police estimated the crowd at 75,000. The organizers said it was 150,000. Still, numbers were not the most important development this march highlighted, nor the most distressing misimpression pandered by the "liberal" press...
Together we looked down at the crowd. Someone released a bunch of brightly colored balloons, which floated amidst the cries of joy and celebration like the dream of youth. I looked Mike in the eye and raised my cup. "Sometimes, my friend," I declared, "You just have to say, 'Fuck...