Word: throngs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pressed by overcrowding and goaded by visions of hundreds of "war babies" to soon throng into the College, the Housemasters will meet in the coming few weeks to consider expansion of present housing facilities. Among the proposals before them will be plans for a new-House or Houses, and for the addition of extra units to Winthrop and Leverett. The first proposal is the most realistic solution to the problem, for the latter will neither provide for future expansion nor adequately relieve present congestion...
After the freshman glee club sang, the throng pushed through the Yard gates onto Massachusetts Avenue. There, they halted traffic and a few climbed on cars. The only casualty of the evening resulted after a freshman tried to pull off the wire of a trackless trolley. He cut himself when a Yard proctor pulled him down...
...outside where it's legal." He smiled at the enthusiastic response, and suggested they sing until Roy arrived. After a rousing chorus of "Glory, Glory Hallelujab," the crowd sang "Yankee Doodle." It was during "I'm in Love With You" that Roy appeared, waving his arms at the cheering throng that rose in his honor...
...quote me as shouting, "You people have just succeeded in ruining this lecture for everyobody else," and your account suggests that this sweet sentiment "checked" the "throng." I submit that (a) I didn't say it (b) it wasn't true, and (c) no self-respecting throng would have been checked by such a shout. What I did say, among other things, was that if the noise should continue, it would ruin the lecture for others; it is only a difference in tense, but it substantially affects the meaning. The reasons was prompt and cooperative...
Another group of students pried open a basement window and unlocked one of the doors facing the crowd. Police were helpless as the throng surged forward...