Word: thronging
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...social throng of the Gold Coast would go from spot to spot in Boston--to the best and most expensive locales to meet other young persons of quality. When in the luxurious atmosphere of their rooms, boys parted with exorbitant amounts of money to continue their high stakes reveling far into the night. Many Golden Youth kept scrapbooks of their social lives during the turn of the century--records of parties and club dinners and inordinate activities. They saved: scrolled Hasty Pudding invitations, silk-tasseled dance cards for exclusive parties, gold engraved menus for Porcellian dinners boasting aged port...
...Hillary invited him to the White House after the State of the Union address. He brought New York Representative Nita Lowey, who has designs on the Democratic Senate nomination; she pledged to step aside if Hillary were to run. The next day Hillary and the President appeared before a throng of supporters in Buffalo, N.Y. In a neat reversal of their usual roles, Hillary kept Clinton waiting 15 minutes while she worked a rabid rope line. The next time Rangel and Hillary spoke, it was she who made the call. Last Tuesday, before she released her statement of noncommitment...
...sweaty, screaming throng asks, begs, demands more. A single silver crescent slices through the madness. It is the messianic figure of Thorndike Smith, back arched in orgiastic pleasure, lips curled, a portal to the monster sound that pours from his gilded throat. His synth-pop benediction sends a tidal wave of emotion through his already epileptic disciples. This is the phenomenon known as JENNR8R. In an unprecedented move, JENNR8R agreed to be interviewed, if only briefly, by Fifteen Minutes...
...crowd began to form even before the 7 p.m. rally, when the 350 seat auditorium was full. It would eventually number in the hundreds. And while the speeches from inside were broadcast to the throng outside, a petition against impeachment circulated through the crowd...
...singers left Newbury Comics at about 7:30p.m. As he stepped into the tour bus, Method Manwaved to the throng behind a police line onDunster Street, then threw his jacket into theirmidst...