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...ranked rings of firemen, police and spectators. Three blocks away, a woman watching at an open window was beheaded by a piece of flying glass. Then oxygen tanks stored in the warehouse began exploding; gasoline and oil drums caught fire and burst, raining like napalm on the fleeing throng. Many were trampled to death. '"Their cries," said Fireman Surrey, "were terrible to hear." A stump-armed firefighter careened through a gutted street shrieking: "Where is my hand?" Then he collapsed...
...Americans could count and enjoyed counting. They lived under a sense of boundlessness. And every year a greater throng of new faces poured into their harbors, paused, and streamed westward. And each one was one. To this day, in American thinking, a crowd ... is not a homogenous mass...
Buck ignored the quiverings. Instead he introduced Wallace to the throng of 7,000 gathered at the baseball field. Said Buck: "I do not know what Mr. Wallace will say tonight--whether it is heresy or truth. I have a notion that I am going to disagree vehemently with what he has to say because I personally am convinced that the program espoused by Mr. Marshall is the best practical method for the achievement of a just and lasting peace. But what Mr. Wallace or any man who at the moment may be in a minority-- popular or unpopular...
...Mexico City's resplendent Palace of Fine Arts, a glittering throng gathered this week to witness the inaugural ceremonies of a new President. The leaders of Mexico and the envoys of 57 foreign governments, in braid-crusted uniforms or solemn full dress, watched as a gaunt man in a plain black suit stepped forth. Adolfo Ruiz Cortines had come to take his oath as President...
...crowd of 100 fans watched the game, and the throng was entertained by Hardy Young and the Section F band which formed an F during the halftime festivities...