Word: flocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...industry is giving people the movies they want to see. It is bringing entertainment to the country at a time when we really need it." Others point to the supposed boom in cheap entertainment during a recession. But the current recession was in full stagnation last Christmas, when a flock of expensive dramas flopped...
...Moon, who seems to be guided by the Gospel according to Guinness, as the "largest mass marriage in history." A total of 4,150 members of the Unification Church were united in 2,075 marriages performed at Madison Square Garden. Moon, something of a spiritual Dolly Levi to his flock, personally matched up the couples-many had met for the first time only days before-and some, of different nationalities, were able to converse with their new mates only through interpreters. The newlyweds will now return home until Moon gives the go-ahead for them to move in with each...
...near extinction caused by chemical pesticides and other modern hazards. For that reason, the year's most significant event was the opening in mid-June of the 50,000-acre Haines Eagle Preserve near Juneau, Alaska. Governor Jay Hammond plans to contribute some of Alaska's estimated flock of 30,000 eagles to 21 other states that are trying to rebuild their populations. Additional help came from an unexpected quarter last month when West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt gave two baby bald eagles to President Reagan in Bonn. When they are old enough later this year, the eaglets...
...beginning of the hurricane watch; and it is graduation time for a whole new generation of mosquitoes. As a result, hotels have vacant rooms, restaurants have empty tables, and taxi drivers roam the streets looking for a beckoning hand. What is needed, obviously, is something to make people flock to the area despite the weather. Out of such logic was born the New World Festival of the Arts, Miami's attempt to attract tourists and at the same time turn itself into one of the country's major cultural centers. But alas, as the 23-day festival...
When the Tigers return from their disastrous road trip, decidedly fewer people will flock to the park. A good share of the no-shows won't be busy working, but worrying...