Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...worrying about possible trouble, and ordered the parade to halt for lack of a permit. One of the sound trucks broke into a menacing roar: "We will not be stopped by blue-coated fascists." Onlookers could not agree on what happened next, but the Ben Davis victory parade suddenly degenerated into a near-riot. Hundreds of bystanders were caught up in the melee. The police put in a call for reinforcements, charged into marchers and bystanders alike, swinging their nightsticks. Then, from the tenements lining Lenox Avenue, a sudden, furious bombardment of bricks, empty bottles, broomsticks, tin cans and pots...
...Manhattan's Eighth Avenue the waiter at Andy Murphy's Bar hauled out his finest Scotches and liqueurs; a nearby news vendor noticed a sudden flurry in the demand for such publications as Rider & Driver and Town & Country. From 48th to 52nd Streets, prizefight and hockey fans were in temporary retreat before the advancing wave of high society which was bravely turned out in sables and silk hats, diamonds and décolletages. The 61st annual National Horse Show was on in Madison Square Garden...
...There chances for rehabilitation would be better if they were not released so suddenly," she declared. "There is too sudden a break with the discipline of the institution. It would be better if they were out working one day a week...
...Sudden Departure. For eight thirsty days Mr. Fairservis and his companions explored the dead city, collecting domestic utensils (knives and pottery) from mud-walled kitchens. In many of the buildings the roof-timbers were still in place. Apparently the city had not been burned or otherwise damaged by invaders. It seems to have been abandoned peacefully and rather suddenly. To judge by the architecture, its last inhabitants were Moslems, but certain decorative details show Greek influence. Mr. Fairservis hopes that its ruins may hide Greek manuscripts preserved by the dry climate...
Defensively, Harvard could never really stop Princeton, but Valpey's men slowed each of the first three touchdown drives long enough to use up a respectable amount of time. But when the defensive collapse came, it was sudden and spectacular...