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...boil. As angry Serbs tussled with police to enter a small meeting hall in Kosovo Polje, Milosevic emerged on a balcony to address the crowd with words that resounded throughout Yugoslavia: "No one has the right to beat the people!" In a show of personal courage, he strode out into the crowds to repeat the message, and the Serbs were galvanized...
...capsized hull of the Oklahoma, Commander Kenworthy strode up and down for hours listening for raps and banging from the men trapped inside. Some survivors were finally pulled to safety through holes cut in the hull, but others drowned in the water rushing through the openings. Kenworthy wouldn't leave until the last of 32 survivors had been saved. By then it was Monday afternoon. Six sailors caught inside the West Virginia died just before Christmas -- after two weeks of incarceration...
...first model strode down the cat walk, the announcer welcomed the audience to what he described was a "East meets West" night at Harvard. For me, what symbolized this quintessential East meets West circus was the announcer's violent mispronunciation of each and every Indian name that he uttered, including that of the fashion designer Bina Ramani...
...then, it was Neil Rudenstine's turn. With a big smile on his face, he strode confidently to the podium, took a big gulp (of water, I assume) from a Harvard University cup, and took out his speech. I was at the edge of my seat, brimming with expectations...
...move done, the grand masters wiped the slate clean and began composing fresh music, speculating on what might follow next. This greatly disturbed the dapper young Yugoslav grand master Ljubomir Ljubojevic. Shaking his head in disapproval, Ljubo strode up to the board, took down all the moves now being assayed and brought the position back not to Move 23 but to Move 22. If Karpov had pushed the pawn in Move 22 instead of first delivering that ridiculous check, the now animated Ljubo insisted, it would have been a triumph. He then gave a long demonstration of the truth...