Word: wind
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cops were well trained; they were also lucky. The wind was blowing strong and in the right direction for effective use of the gas. The kids couldn't stay together. There were only thirteen arrests. The radicals who had hoped for an explosion and Attorney General Mitchell, who was also looking for confrontation, could only find a few broken store windows on Connecticut Avenue to point to with pride. The police made both the militants and Mitchell look stupid...
...fell behind again. My friend asked the soldiers, in sign language, if they wanted to smoke. They nodded enthusiastically. As we pulled up again, he climbed out the window; we had to hold his legs to keep him from falling out. He lost his Army cap to the wind-but the soldier got the joint. We jumped up and down in our seats; everybody cheered. Then we passed their truck, and we never saw them again...
This walk meant a lot to us, so even when it started dismally, we didn't think of turning back. Over the bridge to Washington from Virginia, where Tinsley lived when that was his habit, the wind blew like hell and the name placard flapped around, twisting and turning. It gave up on that after a while and then just hung there doing nothing at all. And I froze on that bridge...
...knows all the ways of the wind...
Spread your wings to the wind...