Word: impromptu
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...Woodstock site and was to include such performers as Melanie and Country Joe MacDonald, who appeared in 1969. The suit was settled out of court. Although Bethel '94 was later officially canceled, 12,000 people gathered there spontaneously, and Woodstock veterans like Arlo Guthrie stopped by to give free, impromptu performances...
...clique, relations between Cedras and police chief Michel Francois are increasingly strained. "A few weeks ago I would have said the chances of the military leaving voluntarily were nil," says a Haitian political analyst, "but now the chances of them leaving are increasing." Concerned about morale, Cedras made an impromptu tour of military posts around the country, while Haitian officers worked the country's dilapidated phone system, spreading the "news" that the Pentagon, CIA and supporters in the U.S. Senate would force Clinton to back down from an invasion. Trying to whip up national fervor, the Haitian government peppered popular...
Kilson, who is Black, wrote that Widner met him after a seminar discussion on March 2, 1990, demanding an "impromptu meeting" about a survey format she had prepared for a subcommittee chaired by the professor...
...they went 0-9 in the unfriendly confines of Wrigley Field -- and began May by losing at home on Sunday, too. Following a 6-5 defeat at the hands of the Rockies last Friday, Chicago manager Tom Trebelhorn got an earful from Cub fans when he participated in an impromptu question-and-answer session at a fire station near Wrigley. In demanding reasons for the slow start by the Cubs, who were 6-16 at week's end and 8 1/2 games out of first place in the National League's Central Division, some of the questioners were abusive...
...ballots, printed weeks ago, did not include the last entry in the race, the Inkatha Freedom Party, and had to be updated with paste-on stickers; to ensure fairness, Zulu Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi demanded a fourth day of voting. While exasperated thousands waited, election workers gave puzzled first timers impromptu lessons in how to mark a ballot. Mandela said some of the ballot shortages looked like outright "sabotage," and he too called for another day of polling. At last the election officials requested and got an extension of the voting, originally scheduled to end Thursday, into Friday in several parts...