Word: ballroom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They began lining up outside the New York Hilton's Sutton Ballroom at 5:30 in ^ the afternoon; by the time the doors opened at 6:45, recalls Physicist Randy Simon, a member of TRW's Space and Technology Group, "it was a little bit frightening. There was a surge forward, and I was in front. I walked into the room, but it wasn't under my own power." Recalls Stanford Physicist William Little: "I've never seen anything like it. Physicists are a fairly quiet lot, so to see them elbowing and fighting each other to get into...
...happening." AT&T Bell Laboratories Physicist Michael Schluter went even further, calling it the "Woodstock of physics." Indeed, at times it resembled a rock concert more than a scientific conference. Three thousand physicists tried to jam themselves into less than half that number of seats set up in the ballroom; the rest either watched from outside on television monitors or, to the dismay of the local fire marshal, crowded the aisles. For nearly eight hours, until after 3 a.m., the assembled scientists listened intently to one five-minute presentation after another, often cheering the speakers enthusiastically. Many lingered until dawn...
...took place later on, innocent victims were sentenced to long terms in labor camps or, in many cases, shot. The Siberian exile that the author endured was mild by comparison. After his three-year sentence, Rybakov drifted from village to village, taking jobs as varied as truck driver and ballroom dance instructor. He never stayed at one place more than a few months because his record as an "Article 58er" made him vulnerable to rearrest by authorities and to a prison-camp sentence...
Charles Hotel Ballroom--Rebecca Parris Record Release Concert and Party...
Adams House dining hall served as a multipurpose indoor arena last week, becoming a ballroom and night club in a matter of eight days. Last Saturday, groups of sophisticated students danced away the night in the house's annual waltz. Then, this Saturday, a less elevated audience, including a group of slam dancers, rocked to the beat of three hard core bands...