Word: pavements
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Having ripped up half the pavement and broken all the glass in the lobby, they were filing quietly in," The Crimson reported...
Demonstrators traced each other in white chalk and decorated the body outlines with pink triangles, halos and names. The words "AALARM = DEATH" and "SILENCE = DEATH," were written on the pavement...
...while candidates intend to stay focused on the issues as they pound the pavement and press the flesh, some expect other intangibles to play a role in garnering those final votes...
Robbins quickly found himself some inspired collaborators: composer Leonard Bernstein and scenarist Arthur Laurents (Stephen Sondheim, in his first major musical credit, joined as librettist later). There were some stumbles: originally the pavement warriors were Jews and Catholics, but that reminded Laurents too much of Abie's Irish Rose. Puerto Ricans, who moved to New York City in great numbers after World War II, became the antagonists, squaring off against a gang of melting-pot whites...
...went to New York and started like everyoneelse, beating the pavement, trying to see agentsand seeing if I could get an agent or getsomething," he said...