Word: throng
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gerald "Joe" Restic sat quietly on the Square Office of Dillon Field House as his wife, Betty confronted the throng of reporters outside the door. Restic, the apparent loser of a long and arduous battle for the Ivy League title, was too tired and hoarse to deliver the message himself...
...anyone comprehend what Gerald Ford must have experienced when he dictated his message of defeat? After a year of campaigning, of speaking before a handful of dirt farmers in some rural backwater, or before a throng of urban humanity screaming his name, and hearing their response, not from their mouths but from the computer printouts of a hundred opinion surveys, after the exhilaration of a heartfelt speech, warmly received, and the magnified shame of a few mistaken words, after the victories of the primaries and the defeat on November 2, Gerald Ford is finally left in solitude to remember each...
Precisely at 3 p.m., the huge throng, estimated at 1 million, stood with heads bowed in Peking's T'ien An Men Square. After three minutes of silence, Premier Hua Kuo-feng delivered a eulogy to the dead leader, emphasizing his theoretical contributions to Marxism. When Hua had finished speaking, the master of ceremonies, Politburo Vice Chairman Wang Hung-wen, announced the playing of The East Is Red, then curtly declared that the final mourning services for Chairman Mao Tse-tung were over...
...longhouse is selected by unanimous decision at a house meeting so as to represent every major faction in the village. There are no special portfolios. Instead, the committee jointly takes responsibility for corporate house activities. On major ritual occasions they must ensure that food is assembled for the throng and the proceedings are orderly. The great annual festival is called "cleaning the house," although the pollution removed at these ceremonies is spiritual rather than literal...
...including the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, the New York Daily News and the Sentinel, went to press with early editions whose bold headlines proclaimed Udall the winner. Bolstered by optimistic projections from some of his staff, Udall gave a short victory speech ("How sweet it is!") to a throng of jubilant supporters-and headed...