Word: throng
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...home-game attendance is any indicator, the Russian Penguins may also be the first successful example of military conversion in the former Soviet Union. The Soviet-style sports palace is drawing more than 3,000 fans a game -- hardly a Rose Bowl throng, but better than the average 500 who turned out last year. For the equivalent of 30 cents a ticket they get a taste of American-style showboating along with the spectacle. The players, who once lumbered onto the rink as their names were shouted over the public-address system, now race to center ice and skid...
When Hovanessian finally stepped up to the conference podium in the Paris suburb of Marnes-la-Coquette, he faced an animated throng of 200 fellow scientists and a large contingent of reporters. But by the time the Lebanese- born biologist had finished flashing 20 graphs and charts on the screen beside him, a buzz of doubt had filled the room, and the long-standing rivalry between American and French AIDS researchers had once again surfaced...
...good way of keeping tradition and for the younger children to learn what Cinco de Mayo is all about," said Olga L. Karas, pointing to the throng of children intently watching the band and dances...
...remains unstable, chafing under the weight of its depressed economy. We first entered Port Antonio in the midst of a political rally; the opposing candidate for prime minister stood with a microphone in the center square, shouting a stream of political slogans above the din of reggae music. A throng of people cheered restlessly. A few days later, the incumbent party won in a landslide...
Then my concentration was rocked by a jarring voice from afar, screaming, "Behold, the peons are storming the palace!" I bolted for the door and ran down the stairs. With a throng of fellow North Housers, I pushed my way through the first floor out onto NoHo's magnificent balcony overlooking the rest of the Quad...