Word: throng
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...council meeting that week was dominated by a throng of hotel workers, who had just been notified that their jobs had been terminated. After nearly 90 minutes of public comment—and several photo opportunities with the council—the travel appropriation passed unanimously and without debate...
...small crowd had gathered outside Sever Hall, and as Theodore S. Stamas ’82 moved towards the throng of people, he could see his roommate, David E. Sanger ’82, in the middle of the fray...
...year after its successful “Pointe/Counterpointe,” the Harvard Ballet Company (HBC) is a completely different organization—but it has maintained a high quality of performance in its spring show, “Bravura and Blues.” With a throng of new, talented freshmen, the greatest triumph of the HBC’s latest recital is its demonstration of impressive technical skill on pointe...
...more than 200,000 people filled the vastness of Manezh Square outside the crenellated walls of the Kremlin. As a speaker shouted out resolutions, the crowd voted overwhelmingly for authorities to stop persecuting Yeltsin, leader of the Russian republic, and for Gorbachev to resign as Soviet President. Addressing the throng, Moscow Mayor Gavril Popov asked, "Do we trust the leadership of the country?" The crowd roared back...
...mentioned Darfur, saying that he would “end the genocide” with international help. “Too much is at stake, Boston, to not overcome the cynicism of today,” Obama said. After the speech, the arena buzzed with excitement, and a throng of people gathered in front of the stage to try to take the senator’s picture or to shake his hand. “He really does speak to the people in a way that we haven’t heard before,” Lubin said...