Word: impromptu
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When the noise and shaking reached their peak, the spectators fell silent. After it finally stopped, the relieved and unhurt crowd broke into a cheer. "That's San Francisco," said an admirer of the city. "They cheer an earthquake." A fan scribbled an impromptu sign: THAT WAS NOTHING. WAIT TILL THE GIANTS BAT! After the public address system lost power, police in squad cars used bullhorns to tell the fans that there would be no game and that they should move slowly toward exits. As they left and looked north, they could see a plume of black smoke rising into...
...announcement of Commonwealth Day's departure created an immediate political backlash and sparked angry allegations of racism. At an impromptu hearing, the City Council voted to set up a special commission to investigate the matter and to recommend action to appropriate city, state and federal agencies...
...this world of the endless campaign, pretty soon no candidate anywhere will ever again risk uttering an impromptu thought in public. For a hefty fee, U.S. advisers will market-test every word and gesture to achieve the proper level of dynamic blandness. And since media consultants tend to recycle endlessly any technique that works, it is easy to envision future political spots that begin, "It's morning again in Poland." But equally disturbing is the way that during the 1980s, the political handlers have wrung the last droplets of spontaneity out of U.S. politics, as passion and ideology have become...
...president of the United Steel Workers union, Lynn Williams--father of a member of the Class of '89--also added his voice to the protest. As he entered the Yard with his wife and son, he joined the demonstrators, and later gave an impromptu speech...
...impromptu meeting late last night, student activists vowed to protest the Undergraduate Council's vote recommending that the Reserve Officers Training Corps program be reinstated on campus, but could not agree on proposals to immediately hold a rally...