Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Fewer than 10,000 of the Communist faithful clustered in Milan's vast Piazza del Duomo last week under a roof of black, rain-spattered umbrellas. The square was two-thirds empty. Soggy onlookers drifted away for hot drinks in nearby cafes. In Rome, a damp crowd sang dispiritedly in the Piazza del Popolo. A newsboy hawked the Communist newspaper: "Here's Unità. If you can't read, stand under it." The Reds' May Day show in Italy, billed in advance as the biggest & best ever, was a sodden fizzle...
...most they could hope to delay and fall back, into the vast reaches of south China and onto the island of Formosa for a test stand. But barring a miracle, they had no prospect of stopping the Red tide...
There was almost no resistance. Communist guns-753 and 1053-opened up from the north shore seven hours before the deadline set by the ultimatum for unconditional surrender. At 11 p.m., an hour ahead of schedule, shock troops jammed onto river craft and struck across in a vast envelopment on both sides of Nanking. One field army under General Chen Keng took Tikang, 80 miles southwest and upriver from the Nationalist capital. Other forces under General Chen Yi poured across 35 and 65 miles east and downriver from Nanking, snatched the river port of Chinkiang and the river fort...
...illustration, the Met had wheeled in sculpture, painting and prints from most of its vast departments, had even borrowed a few pieces from the advance-guard Museum of Modern Art. As a result, the show was a sort of digest version of the Met itself, and as it was all in one place, a little easier on the feet of the tourists who would be dropping in all summer...
...academic interest and penetrating insight into the best of Shakespeare. The course for me proved a rewarding experience and an inspiration in appreciation. Much of this was due to Professor Spencer's own keen perception, his with, and his understanding of Shakespeare, and his brilliant capacity for imparting his vast knowledge to his students...