Word: tumult
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...would have thought that this prism of bliss is a mere pause amid tumult, a respite in a plot-clogged saga of murder and revenge, which features, among a good many other things, poison asps, opium, the collapse into rubble of an entire Indian temple? With Natalia Makarova's direction, the American Ballet Theater has produced the full-length La Bayadére, at a cost of about $500,000. American balletgoers are not used to such a florid, densely populated drama. To appreciate it, one must be prepared for a very full, surprising experience. The evening...
...national solidarity to protest what President Abolhassan Banisadr called the "conspiracies of the U.S. and Iraq's fascist government." At Tehran University, a crowd roared its approval of anti-American resolutions while chanting "God is great!" -raising fresh fears for the hostages trapped in the middle of the tumult. In Washington, where supporters of the hostages held candlelight vigils near the Iranian embassy, dozens of Iranian students demonstrated in front of the White House and bowed toward Mecca...
...that day, was how Rather would decide," says Cronin. "And he didn't know that himself, even when he called me at 11 o'clock that night." No matter. Rather's very indecision underscored the point of Cronin's extensive reporting for this week's cover story on the tumult in TV journalism. "CBS had always been the Tiffany of network news," she says. "That it was even conceivable for a superstar like Dan Rather to go to another network shows precisely how radically things are changing...
...Reiffel more than makes up for the problems in the opening with a riotous climax in the second act in which Annie and Norman collapse onto the lawn in a tumult of passion as Reg and Tom chat obliviously only a few feet away...
...tumult outside the Harvard locker room, one man stood quietly aside from the hysteria. He spoke slowly and softly about his team...