Word: throng
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...were a wax museum. When the bride, covered from head to foot in a ritual green blanket, approached the Royal Kraal, the whites charged toward her, blocking the entrance. The bridegroom, waiting anxiously for a first look at the bride he had never seen, could see only the shouting throng of the uninvited...
...challenge hung in the air when Juan Perón stepped to his balcony and faced a throng of 100,000 in the Plaza de Mayo one day last week. The crowd wanted to hear what Perón proposed to do about Argentina's inflation and the nation's mounting economic crisis. So did cabinet members, top army officers and labor leaders lined up behind the President. Their appearance was a gesture of support, but each must have wondered whether Perón could still hypnotize the discontented...
...Yale Club's annual dinner in Washington last week, Yaleman Robert A. Taft rose before a cheering throng of fellow alumni. Relaxed, Bob Taft talked about the new Administration. Said he: "Some progress has been made, but it seems slow and will seem slower in the future ... I think it's going to get worse before it gets better. But I think a year from now the Administration will be very popular . . . I think they're doing pretty well...
...fine show, and Disney's techniques seem particularly suited to Barrie's nimble story. So those who have sampled the stage production will do well to savor the new product. Those who have never applauded for Tinkerbelle's life should brave the throng of popcorn munching gamins and see it before they grow up and it's too late...
Noble wept. "My God," he said in a dazed voice. "My conscience is clear." He was repeating, "Thankful ... so thankful," as he walked outside and vanished in the hurrying and irascible throng on the sidewalk...