Word: crowded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this weekend's minority alumni reunion, Edward Dawson '81 remembered the time that President Derek C. Bok fled from student activists in a squad car. A discussion about the University's investments in South Africa had turned into an angry crowd, and Bok felt threatened. "Students were so vociferous," Dawson said...
According to Thomas J. Samuelian, a first-year Harvard law student and rally participant, Flynn told the crowd that Boston was the perfect place for such a rally because the struggle for American human rights began in the city. He added that Armenians are now engaged in a similar struggle...
...crowd in the council chambers rose to sing "Happy Birthday" to Vellucci, as city employees brought in a cake and a large bouquet of flowers and balloons...
...capacity crowd had turned out for the Football Association Cup semifinal last week at the 54,000-seat Hillsborough stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. As Liverpool and Nottingham Forest faced off on the field, throngs of fans without tickets poured through a gate that had been opened by police. Seven minutes into the game, a surge of spectators pushed into the packed standing room, crushing those in front against metal barriers. One of the barriers gave way, and at least 93 people were killed...
Dead and injured fans lay strewn across the field. After calm had been restored, Football Association officials promised a "full investigation" into the tragedy. Among the questions: Why did police fail to control the overflow crowd? And who authorized the opening of the gate? Said British Sport Minister Colin Moynihan: "This is a tragic day for sport, football and the country as a whole...