Word: torchlight
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embattled leader. Wading into a crowd with characteristic aplomb, the Soviet visitor urged patience. "Don't panic. Don't get depressed. We'll go on fighting together for socialism." He made a strong show of solidarity with Honecker, standing shoulder to shoulder with him as they reviewed a torchlight parade. When he alluded to the current crisis in a televised address, Gorbachev took pains to be circumspect. "We know our German friends well," he said. "We know their ability to think creatively, to learn from life and to make changes when necessary...
Dukakis was making his way from New York to Kentucky and then to Illinois for one of the sacred rites of Democratic politics, a torchlight parade through Chicago...
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In a torchlight ceremony at the Soviet war memorial in East Berlin, ranks of blue-shirted youngsters from the Communist Free German Youth saluted the 5,000 Soviet soldiers buried there...
...whirlwind week. He was forced to expend valuable time fortifying core support in such Democratic strongholds as Chicago, New York City and, yes, even his home state of Minnesota. Like Reagan, he reached back to the battle-tested traditions of his own political experience, reveling most notably in the torchlight parade through downtown Chicago that has been an election-year custom for Democrats since 1948. Flanked by the leaders of the city's two feuding factions, Mayor Harold Washington and Alderman Edward Vrdolyak, Mondale basked in the protective glow of oldtime ward politics. Mondale's enthusiasm was matched...
...stage rear we can see the sky swirling madly with birds, fireflies and what looks like a red UFO as the carping lovers lead their fellows in a dashing waltz. The "dead" Hero stands behind a huge golden mandala; in front, monks move to the sweet melancholy of a torchlight dirge...