Word: stadiums
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Basking in the euphoria of the country's first free election in half a century, tens of thousands of Portuguese workers took advantage of the brilliant spring sunshine to celebrate May Day in Lisbon's huge outdoor May 1st Stadium. Loudspeakers blared, military helicopters chuffed overhead dropping red carnations, and election posters were plastered on every available inch of wall space. To a casual observer, it might have seemed as if the election had not yet taken place. Not so. It was just that after 49 years of repression-and months of intense politicking-no one could resist...
Perhaps the most interesting thing about Lyon is not his musical work alone, but the way he maintains along with it simultaneous footholds in politics and academics. Lyon helped organize a rally in Harvard Stadium for George McGovern early in his freshman year and worked last summer as special consultant for media affairs to Washington's Mayor Walter Washington. The difficulty of being respectable in both the political and musical worlds at once disturbs Lyon...
Coming down the stretch, each party took its turn appealing to the voters. On Sunday, the Socialists took over Lisbon's May 1 Stadium for a windup rally that attracted 60,000 people, whom Party Leader Mario Scares told: "We want to march in the direction of freedom." Tuesday night, the Popular Democrats, perhaps 5,000 in all, assembled in Lisbon's Sports Pavilion for what was more a bell-bottomed social occasion of the chic Estoril set than a serious political meeting. On Wednesday night, the Communists drew 60,000 in the May 1 Stadium. While vendors...
...sauce. As anyone who can tell tamales from timbales knows, salsa is guaranteed to open up nerve endings. From Boston to Miami, young Hispanics are picking up the beat. In recent years Latin music programs have been smash hits at New York's Madison Square Garden and Yankee Stadium. There is an embryonic curiosity about salsa on the pop scene too, among fans who are no longer charmed by recycled golden oldies-Bobby Vinton's Beer Barrel Polka, for example-or who prefer music that is spicy rather than electronically spacy. In March, salsa playing appeared...
...Harvard track team finally put it all together yesterday to win the Greater Boston outdoor track championships at Boston College Stadium...