Word: swarm
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...between Orestes and Zeus. Zeus attempts to convince the hero to alone for his crimes, and though Electra is convinced of her guilt, Orestes resists. He silences the mob of towns-folk, tells them that he takes upon himself their sins, and, like the pied piper, leads the buzzing swarm of flies from the town...
...President Jānio Quadros, 45, whose petulant resignation seven months ago plunged Brazil into chaos, disillusion and disrepair. He came home in triumph. When the Ruys docked, Jānio, tanned, a bit flushed, and about 10 lbs. heavier than when he sailed away last August, walked into a swarm of 10,000 almost fanatic fans...
...beneath the transparent waters of the bay, with scattered debris and flakes of aluminum skin glinting on the tufts of marshland. The only signs of life were clouds of wheeling sea gulls, roused from a nearby bird sanctuary, and a dozen helicopters that whirled to the scene like a swarm of dragonflies...
...Republican legislators have introduced nearly 50 bills to provide bonuses for the state's 482,000 Korean-war veterans or their next of kin. Nine state veterans' organizations, among them the powerful Legion, are conducting a high-pressure campaign for bonus legislation, and overseas-capped veterans swarm through the Albany legislative halls urging passage. New York City's Mayor Robert Wagner, who may face Rockefeller in November's gubernatorial race, has backed the handout. Yet Rocky, who needs all the votes he can get in November, came before the legionnaires to oppose...
Working out his own definition, the cartoonist demanded that true humor must make a fresh observation about situations which really exist. American comedians have failed on both counts, having created a swarm of strereotyped, false figures without saying anything original about them. Now, the critical humorists of the late fifties he said (including himself) are also tempted to exploit the easy, tested laugh; "twenty years ago a comedian just had to say Brooklyn. Now it's Madison Avenue...