Word: crowds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Spectators, both students and Cambridge locals,lined Savage's parade route as he and members ofthe Lampoon hurled Slim Jim snacks at the crowd...
...candles, for the most part, extinguished. The men strummed their guitars to a faster pace, and one by one, couples took the floor to dance the Sevillana, a traditional dance punctuated by sharp stomps and flowery hand motions that tells a love story in four parts, while the crowd sang and clapped in time...
That's in synch, of course, with young Japanese, who crowd into head shops in Hakuba and talk of winter sports as kakkoi, or cool, without referring to temperature. "Snowboarding's awesome, man," Shoji Koike, a student of Tsukuba University, volunteered, unsolicited, last week. "Once you've tried it, you don't go back to skiing...
Like many Japanese resorts, Hakuba is essentially a world of foreign fantasy and at times has the air of stage sets from 15 different movies all collected in the same small block. Roughly 800 rococo hotels, inns and pensions crowd the village (one for every 12 residents), and at night the timbered buildings are full of trendy young couples sipping wine over gourmet French food after a long day of snowboarding wearing the latest gurobu and goguru. "This is Youngtown," marvels a Kyoto woman as she surveys a corner of the Echoland area where the Shop Jah Jah shares space...
...might face. First, a fierce partisan attack would play into the Clinton's portrayal of a "vast right-wing conspiracy" out to undermine them. Second, if the charges are never proven, the Republican attack dogs might find themselves wallowing at the credibility levels of the Vince-Foster-was-murdered crowd. Third, if perceived to be neglecting their governmental responsibilities, the Republicans might be charged by the American public with chasing gossip at the expense of more important issues. Finally, even if the Republicans ultimately succeed in getting some of the charges to stick, they have got to be wary...