Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...folk tradition -New England tradition, at least-considers the first Thanksgiving to have been the conciliation in 1621 between the hungry Pilgrims at Plymouth and the Wampanoag Indians, who had helped them to grow food. At Memorial Hall, near Plymouth Rock, this week, some 2,000 people will gather at the customary turkey feast that has come to be shared across the land as a kind of national communion. Says Carolyn Kneip of Plymouth: "If the Pilgrims returned today to see what they had started, they would be dumbfounded-and rilled with pride...
...Pioneer Venus 2 spacecraft this week was scheduled to toss off three additional instrument-crammed packages. The four probes, as well as the mother ship, will arrive at Venus on Dec. 9. All five are aimed to descend over different areas of the planet, so that they will gather the widest possible range of data, including temperatures, composition, density and distribution of the atmosphere. They will be passing through hostile territory. At higher altitudes the probes will be whipped by winds with velocities that may be as high as 360 km (220 miles) an hour. They will drop through clouds...
...Bullpups dominated the game from start to finish as their defensive line never allowed Harvard to gather momentum on offense. The Crimson Yardlings didn't reach Yale territory until late in the second quarter and only managed six first downs...
...even in the least satisfying endings, The Game has succeeded in charging up the multitudes who annually gather for their supply of tradition. Overall, Yale leads the rivalry, 51-35-8; but a Harvard Stadium, The Game is all even...
...protest included music, several speeches and a skit. "Underground Railroad," a local group, sang political songs as the crowd started to gather...