Word: ranged
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...snow stopped before dawn, and still only Jim knew what was wrong down at the dealership. The old bell in the church belfry rang soon after light, just as Lyle took his muffins out of the Garland gas stove and served the engineer, who ate and ran, maddeningly, without divulging the reason for his stay. In a town short on stimulant, such intelligence could have been dear...
King's gracious concession speech came easily: he had won a moral victory by becoming the first black to reach Boston's mayoral finals. Indeed, on election night, his headquarters rang with celebration. Amid joyous shouts of "Rainbow! Rainbow!" echoing the rainbow coalition theme used by King and Presidential Candidate Jesse Jackson, Supporter Katherine Jones boasted, "King has changed this city and it will never be the same again...
Around the Square, students gathered at news-stands or in entryways and cried. The Memorial Church bells rang, and the flag at University Hall was lowered to half-mast. Officials announced the next day's classes and the Harvard-Yale football game were cancelled...
John F. Kennedy '40 was riding in a motorcade with Texas Gov. John Connally when three rifle shots rang out from the large crowd gathered in downtown Dallas...
...first, there was some confusion. "There he is," a voice rang out at the sight of a tall, stooping figure on the reviewing stand. Then came the correction: the man was Konstantin Chernenko, 72, a former rival for the leadership in the eleven-member ruling Soviet Politburo. Long after the ranks of T-80 tanks and SA3 missiles began rumbling through the square, the first sign of Andropov's continuing presence in the Soviet hierarchy was a huge airbrushed portrait of him that sat on a red-draped float during the ensuing civilian procession...