Word: throng
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From the diningroom walls, President and Mrs. Coolidge, in oils, gaze coolly down upon the throng. (Taft and Wilson are in the foyer; Roosevelt in the hall. All the Presidents except Harding hang somewhere in the White House...
...guard in blue whistles for a cab and off, to the immense admiration of the throng of mere tourists waiting outside, goes the Job-Seeker...
...entered St. Peter's. This was possible because the Papacy and the government of Italy had just patched up their 59-year-old feud by a treaty (TIME, Feb. 18); and now a papist host had met for joyful and pious celebration. "Il Papa! Il Papa!" shouted the throng, which had now increased to a full 200,000. "Il Papa Consolatore! Il Papa Consolatore...
Their invitations were accepted by 75 young ladies, among whom were a large number of next year's debutantes, and by twice that number of gentlemen, who were with few exceptions Freshmen. To accommodate such a throng five adjoining suits were thrown open to one another and decked with furniture suited to the occasion, in place of the more ordinary pieces, temporarily abandoned. In each room sat the mother of one of the five, behind her a white-covered, sandwich-laden table. The floor of one room was bared, while a phonograph tempted the gay company to dance...
...that there was one more man in the room than was enrolled in the course. Suspicious of some plot on the part of one of his rivals in the phlegtobotany department, he watched for an unfamiliar face as the students came up to leave their books. Just as the throng about the desk was greatest, he caught a glimpse of the strange face. It was only a glimpse, and before he could say a word it was lost in the crowd...