Word: unison
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crop to contend with his mid-'70s Reds. The city and the organization had been waiting somewhat longer, having held on so stubbornly to the World Champion Tigers of 1968-Al Kaline, Norm Cash, Bill Freehan, Jim Northrup et al.-until that whole class expired practically in unison. A tendency to sentiment was understandable, though. In July of 1967, Detroit had hosted one of the biggest and bloodiest of the race riots: 43 people were killed. And the forecast in 1968 was for another heated summer. But the Tigers interceded, and they were cherished especially for that...
...anything TV has shown. Yet the violence is frequently underplayed to good effect. In one scene, the couple's three children huddle together on a bed and listen impassively to the screams and blows coming from the other room. When the front door slams, they troop in unison to the window to watch the fight continue outside. A dozen graphic scenes could not tell us more about the numbing familiarity of this domestic reign of terror...
...most unusual opening in the 114-year history of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The ceremony began at the unaccustomed hour of 6:32 a.m. on the vast expanse of steps fronting New York City's most venerable art institution. There, five Maori women lifted their voices in unison with the rising sun and intoned the karanga, a ritual call of welcome. Instantly, a booming responsive chant was heard to echo from a block up Fifth Avenue, where a group of Maori tribesmen had forgathered. Then up the steps they came: 90 Maori dignitaries, some I with albatross feathers...
...hands of delighted delegates, while the band struck up rock tunes designed to appeal to the younger generation that the Democrats are courting. They returned to the podium for the traditional show of unity, with the defeated candidates closing ranks behind the winner. The delegates swayed once more in unison as a black Broadway musical performer, Jennifer Holliday, belted out The Battle Hymn of the Republic. Rabbi Jacob Pressman pronounced the benediction...
Through the streets of Tehran they streamed, the wounded and the widowed, old men and young in the blood-red headbands of the suicide squads, a quarter of a million in all. "Death to America! Death to Israel! Death to France! Death to Russia!" they chanted in unison as Ahmed Khomeini, 35, son of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, called for Islamic unity. Thunderous roars of approval arose as young victims of the war passed by on parade, swathed in bandages or seated in wheelchairs. Around them on every side, portraits of a glowering Khomeini stared down to discourage unholy thoughts...