Word: throng
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Boston fans have always loved him. On Opening Day Tuesday, they greeted him with standing ovations whenever his name was announced. In the first inning, he thrilled the spectators by lining a single to right field to set up the Sox's first run. As the cheering throng rose to its feet once more, a skinny college kid peered from his distant seat in the bleachers, unfortunately too far away to see Tony's face...
...leaders and Bedouin chiefs gathered for the ceremony of mubaya 'a to kiss King Khalid 's face and shoul der and swear allegiance to him. Soldiers and bodyguards in red-and-white kaffiyehs held back the crowd; at one point, the new King thrust himself into the throng to lead forward a blind old man who had come to greet...
Fisher has accumulated a throng of "collateral interests" that he cultivates because he is a man who does not like to distinguish between his vocations and avocations. He has played the recorder since law school ("The problem of getting the next note was a pleasant occupational relief from the problem of studying law") and he is the only one of his father's children to have inherited the old man's fondness for bird-watching. Fisher also cooks, sketches, sails and plays chamber music...
...Angeles and crawled naked through it; at the Basel Art Fair last year (a feast day, on which many priests and their temple dancers gather to exchange the images peculiar to their cult), he had himself kicked down two flights of concrete stairs in front of an admiring throng. He has been shot, though only by a .22 in the arm, by an assistant. All these penances are recorded with great care on video tape and Polaroid film by other assistants, as the deeds of Ramachandra were recorded in the Ramayana. It was explained to me that since most cultured...
...unusual one, not played or followed by many other people, or not a real money-maker, it nevertheless does not warrant this sort of demeaning response. The best sort of sports reporting is not governed by what the fans think of sports, especially fans such as those who throng to the Harvard/Yale football game as much to be seen at the game as to see the game. The best sort of sports reporting reflects the athletes' involvement...