Word: crowds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...ripple of muffled applause swept across the gloved and mittened crowd. Sitting in a little knot of satellite diplomats, Russian Ambassador Alexander Panyushkin looked stonily ahead...
...boutonniere emerged from Boston's State House, a cheer went up for "the greatest Italian of them all." Charles ("Get-Rich-Quick") Ponzi shrugged off the compliment. "No," he admitted, "Columbus and Marconi were greater. Columbus discovered America, Marconi discovered the wireless." Hysterical voice from the crowd: "But you discovered money...
...hall, blurted out, "I have a divorce case." For a minute, Lawyer Pruet eyed the stooped, grey-haired stranger. Then he turned away, muttering "Wait a minute." Godbey drew a .38 and shot Pruet in the back twice, walked out of the office and vanished into the late afternoon crowd...
...propelled fighters. Then came the parade with massed flags and flashing-legged columns of infantry, floats, Sousa rhythms of military bands, and, at the tail end, a circus calliope. The sunflash from the headlamps of the motorcycle escort made the TV image blur and throb. The hat-waving crowd cheered, torn paper drifted across the screen, and the cameras caught the 32nd President of the U.S. sipping coffee as the parade rolled...
...thought his price was right also: $7,990. Veterans could buy the house for $90 down and $58 a month (for 25 years). The monthly payments covered taxes, water, fire insurance, mortgage payments and interest. When Levitt put up a for sale sign, the crowd got so big that police had to keep them in line (see cut). In seven days, Levitt & Sons sold 707 houses, nearly $6,000,000 worth...