Word: overflowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...what began as a logistical nightmare. Having failed to snare the 72,000-seat Louisiana Superdome for its convention, the party was faced with the task of squeezing 35,000 delegates, press, VIPs and security staff into Atlanta's 17,000-seat Omni Arena. The solution: to funnel the overflow into the adjacent Georgia World Congress Center and nearby hotels and then tie the whole conglomeration together with video monitors, shared computer files and electronic mail. The result is a computer system that, the committee claims, "equals or excels ((that of)) many FORTUNE 500 companies...
Speaking to overflow crowds at two Denver churches, Jackson continued to hammer home the themes that have brought a burgeoning response to his campaign...
...just from the countries we support or ignore, like El Salvador or Haiti, but from our communist "enemies" as well. Reagan's proposed budget plans a 25 percent cut in the funds for resettling refugees. So, at a time when Thailand is completely closing its borders to an overflow of Vietnamese and Cambodian refugees, the U.S. has decided to reduce their legal numbers by 6000 per year. This will make room for the potential influx of Jews and Armenians from the Soviet Union. Possibly the only way to prevent Thailand from turning back the Indo-chinese escapees...
Down by three with the third period half over, Harvard stormed back. On a three-on-three situation (thanks to an overflow crowd in the penalty box), Jerry Pawloski twirled and backhanded a 20-ft. shot past MSU goalie Jason Muzzatti and into the net, cutting State's lead...
Speaking to an overflow audience that spread to other rooms at the Law School, the Massachusetts governor cited last week's stock market crash as proof that the national economy needs the same kind of treatment that he said produced the Massachusetts "economic miracle...