Word: haile
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...Richard Nixon appeared in front of the building to repeat his oath, using the same two family Bibles as last time and in fact wearing the same clothes and the same expression. Then came the dull thud of cannon firing 21 salutes, the strains of the Marine Band playing Hail to the Chief and, far away and faintly, the sea sounds of chanted protest...
After a long silence, the lights blinked, and the minister strode bravely in, his arms outstretched. He stayed for 20 minutes and said later that the gunmen had told him: "This is the end; this is glory. We'll go out in a hail of bullets." Then, from the safety of the personnel carrier, the minister called aloud to ask the gunmen whether they wanted him to return to lead them out to surrender. This time they responded with three shots in rapid succession. The minister gave up and faded into the night, his robes floating around...
...cops tried to blast through the walls, but the sniper shots kept coming. Finally, eleven hours after the violence had begun, one lone sniper darted under the glare of a helicopter spotlight, ran about 30 ft. in a zigzag pattern across the rooftop, and fell dead in a hail of police tracer bullets, his body riddled with more than 100 slugs...
...piece pep band belts out the Maryland fight song. Cheerleaders somersault into the air. Pompon girls wiggle and wave. Then suddenly an expectant hush falls over the crowd as the public-address announcer booms, "And now . . . heeerrre's Lefty!" Pandemonium again breaks loose, the band strikes up Hail to the Chief and out shuffles Charles Grice ("Lefty") Driesell, the loose, lanky (6ft. 4-in.) Maryland basketball coach. He is wearing a $250 double-knit suit and the "aw-shucks" grin of a plowboy at a tea dance, and when he casually flashes the awaited V-for-victory sign...
...message from the "We Try Harder" folks proved correct. The Redskins never recovered, though they scored with two minutes remaining on a fluke play. The Washington fans emerged from the crowd for the first time in the afternoon as the band played "Hail to the Chief". But not enough time remained for the Skins to come back. The final score: 14-7, Miami...