Word: hushing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cars this day, and no Klaxons in the central part of town. Just bells pealing gaily and the sound of horses prancing in unison along the Mall. A great fanfare of trumpets arises from Westminster Abbey, and the stirring chords of Elgar resound through the vaulted nave. Then a hush. Through the breath-held stillness, two voices ring out. "I will." "I will." And then a great roar from outside, and rising above the spellbound listeners, beautiful and light, an aria by Mozart, and then another...
...Merigold he looked in on a white blues band called the Tangents and ate catfish and hush puppies at the home of a musician called Catfish. On the radio a man was advertising a 75-ft. by 14-ft. mobile home for $1,000 down and $143 a month. "Don't worry about the wind 'cause Jesus said in the Scriptures let it be still," he said. Moreover, "I bought one. Still got one. I wouldn't have nothin' but one. When I trade this one, I'm gon' go down get another one. Praise God." In Clarksdale, White...
...When Les Brown's annual State of the World report was launched one morning last week, the stage props included a glass of grapefruit juice, a bowl of All Bran and a banana, a worn corduroy suit with an outlandish bow tie, and a solitary walk on snow- soaked Hush Puppies down Washington's 19th Street to the offices of Worldwatch Institute. Nary a TV anchorman found his way to the proceedings...
...brutal past. Thousands of Ugandans gathered outside the cream-colored Parliament building to watch as Rebel Leader Yoweri Museveni was sworn in as President just three days after his insurgents routed the forces of the military government that had seized power in a coup only six months earlier. A hush fell over the crowd as Museveni, dressed in the unadorned fatigues of an army private, took the oath of office from the Chief Justice of Uganda's Supreme Court. Then, his hand still resting on a Bible, he declared, "No one can think that what is happening today, what...
...other information about the Tuesday press conference was available yesterday. Both NEA and ART officials were markedly excited about the hush-hush event, which they termed the country's most important theater-linked development of the year...