Word: gatherings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...politicking and, most of all, relish the earthy spectacle of competitive expectoration. The crowd comes early down the red clay road to Billy John Crumpton's pond five miles west of town. Easily 2,000 women, children and men in narrow-brimmed hats, drill trousers and sport shirts gather beside the one-acre pond for the day's events. While the Jaycees barbecue chicken and collect the $1 entrance fee, prize coonhounds -black and tans, red ticks and treeing walkers-go through their paces...
STREET-CORNER SPEECHES for political or religious purposes require no permits, even if a crowd is likely to gather. One rarely enforced New York City ordinance requires speakers to display an American flag. The general rule holds that strong, even abusive language is permitted, but incitement that might set off violence is not. The line between the two is still being worked out in the courts...
...spokesman for the group said that they did not expect immediate action from Harvard and that the rally was called to make Harvard more aware of the need for child care and to gather support for later action...
...DEMOLAYS meet with the minister and the undertaker early to plan the time for their ceremonies. They have a ritual, a beautiful one according to the minister, filled with reverence for God and the wonders of His world, and today they gather to bury one of their own, dead at twenty in a town called An Pho in Cambodia...
...NIGHT before the burial Anthony's friends gather at a tavern in downtown St. Louis. Anthony had no trouble making friends, he had achieved the goal of being well-liked, so there are many people who have drifted here to honor Anthony as best they can, by celebrating his life...