Word: jam
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Working in Silence. On the big day of the show - the 20th anniversary of the Falange's founding-el Caudillo togged himself in the traditional black coat and snug red beret, and trod into the jam-packed stadium. The crowd exploded in a rhythmic roar: FRAN Co FRAN Co FRAN Co FRAN Co! From a lofty dais, Franco hailed the party: "There is no substitute for the Falange! Only by the continued impetus of the Falange can we guarantee the future of Spain." He candidly explained why the Falangists had been kept under wraps since...
Charley Caldwell's Tigers, completely routed by Navy, 65 to 7, and winner three times in very close Ivy games, are favored by the odds-makers only; over 40,000 people will jam the Stadium today, most of them hoping to see an upset...
...Seminar is now about seven years old. It has grown from the exciting idea born out of a "bull session" in Harvard Yard to a sound, stable project doing a practical, tangible, clearly understood job of creating better understanding of America abroad. We do not go to Salzburg and jam America down the Europeans' throats. Chauvinism does not exist in the Seminar's framework. We tell what America stands for to a highly intelligent group of Europeans chosen because they are in a position to mold public opinion. The free democratic teaching at Salzburg is in the traditions of Harvard...
Woody Herman at Carnegie Hall, 1946 (MGM, LP). Fifteen rowdy and tender numbers played by one of the swingingest bands of all. Herman's 1946 "Herd," for all its size and precision, sounds as flexible as a small jam band...
...brush-fire spread of the talk worried the men who 14 months ago wrested Egypt from the fat hands of King Farouk, for ruling Egypt is like riding a bicycle: keep rolling or you fall off. One night last week, the twelve officers went together to Cairo's jam-packed Liberation Square, climbed a white balcony bathed in spotlights and, before 100,000 Egyptians, clasped hands and held them high to show the nation that they were still standing together...