Word: crowds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heard. "This is a battle that has to be won ?- no ifs, no buts!" shouted Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley, the chief opponent of April's peace agreement, upon arriving at the standoff site in Portadown, 30 miles outside of Belfast, to huge applause from the Orange Order crowd. Worried Trimble: "This situation has the capacity to destabilize... it could put at risk all the political progress we have achieved." Trimble has the will to make peace. He may now find out whether, as newly elected first minister of the Northern Ireland Assembly, he has the power to preserve...
...Hashimoto's words had the desired effect: Trading in Tokyo ended on a yen surge against the dollar and a 200-point boost in the Nikkei index. But was this just electioneering -- Hashimoto made the crowd-pleasing comments at a campaign rally. The July 12 parliamentary election will be a referendum on how Hashimoto performed during this crisis. Unless his Liberal Democratic Party thrives in the election, Hashimoto's promises could turn out to be empty...
...night at Wushan, and next to it at the dock is a large boat with a neon sign for WUSHAN GODDESS ENTERTAINMENT CITY. Gambling is illegal in China, but this is a casino, open all day, with high-low dice games, blackjack and bingo. Laid-off workers crowd the tables, spending their last renminbi on a few rolls of the dice. The casino is run by an overweight Hong Konger who wears expensive jeans and a heavy gold watch but doesn't want to give his real name. Neither do his two formidable-looking bodyguards...
...question here in Beijing is, when is the President going to do his first rope line? Here's a guy who loves rope lines (shaking hands with a crowd held back from the dignitaries by a rope), but he still hasn't done one here. He had two opportunities today at Beijing University, and it's not clear why he didn't take them -- the security officials on both sides here say there's no reason he shouldn...
...Then, in one of those remarkable demonstrations of willpower that have become the signature of his entire career, Jordan's will to excel helped energize his body, and he summoned just enough strength to continue to drive to the basket, get to the foul line, or draw a crowd and pass off to teammates for open shots. That allowed him and his teammates to escape the Pacer bullet. He was still the invincible man. Now at age 35, when it should have been time for younger players from other teams to supplant him and his teammates as champions...