Word: torchlighters
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...empty rooms, for the greater glory of CSPAN2. We can feel the people turning away, not so much in disgust as in boredom. They once were drawn to politics because it provided them excitement, because it brought them out of their lonely rooms and homes into streets lit by torchlight, into halls where bands played, into tents and arenas and along parade routes where they felt connected to something bigger than themselves...
...their reckless hopes and short memories, will find blessings in the rubble -- like the bearded man in the mackinaw and shorts who stood, just an hour after the quake, at the intersection of Reseda and Sherman Way, only a mile from its center, and directed traffic with a torchlight...
...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...