Word: throng
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...members turned out to walk behind their banner, smiling despite the cold and the stinging wind. As I joined the thousands who marched and saw the countless spectators who cheered us on, I realized we all knew what the fuss was about. On this one day, Irish-Americans throng the streets and fill the air with pipes and drums to let everyone know: we’re proud to be Irish, we’re proud to be American, and we’re proud that we stand together.So on March 17 I put up with the fools...
From my window in Leverett yesterday afternoon, I could see the sun setting behind Baker Library. Dara F. Goodman ’07, Co-Chair of the Radcliffe Union of Students, was readying her room for a champagne toast. A throng of students was chanting outside Mass. Hall to a phalanx of camera crews. And students on several open lists made pacts to hold a protest at Tuesday’s Faculty meeting. As the steeple of Baker Library pierced the glowing orb and the sky grew crimson, then dark, so began the evaluation of the tenure of Harvard University?...
...newcomer walked in to the party and took his place among the throng of unsuspecting first-years. After asking the hosts to turn down the music, he then said that he’d need their alcohol. An awkward way to ask for a drink, perhaps. The party’s host, Mark, a current sophomore who asked FM to keep his name private because he does not want to be associated with the event, didn’t think much of the odd visitor at first. Reaching into his desk, Mark says he then took...
...National Day of Counter-Recruitment,” a multi-city demonstration organized to voice opposition to the Solomon Amendment and the Iraq war, according to the group’s website. Upon arriving, the 40-person antiwar group clashed with an equally passionate throng of 15 Solomon Amendment supporters. At one point, the two groups fought for acoustic superiority as they simultaneously belted out renditions of “God Bless America” and an original antiwar song. But after the dual came to a close, the protesters returned to using megaphones and amplifiers to bombard pedestrians...
Upon arriving, the 40-person antiwar group clashed with an equally passionate throng of 15 Solomon Amendment supporters...