Word: thronging
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...table filled up and a throng of spectators gathered. Demauro rolled double sixes, hard fours, snake eyes, every possible combination of the dice. Some people called out requests and Demauro managed to fulfill them. Players from the nearby blackjack table came over to watch, and then came the casino executives, or as she describes them, "men in dark suits." Demauro and her audience knew they would never witness anything like this again. "There was a woman there, and we happened to catch each other's eyes," Demauro says, "She smiled at me, and I smiled and said...
David Carr (7:25 p.m.) #nerdprom security alert: tiny nathalie [sic] portman getting smushed and adored by throng at same time...
...full and even ticket-holders would no longer be admitted; the metal detectors had malfunctioned and each person was being screened by hand; someone had gone into cardiac arrest; all previous entrants had been re-checked once a series of counterfeit tickets were discovered. The only certainty in the throng lay in the fact that the ceremony could not be delayed, postponed, or rerun. It had to happen exactly at twelve noon. Always on time. By the constitution.Josh and Amy abandoned the quest and elected to go watch the ceremony on TV, but I threw my lot in with...
...Senate Democratic leadership was so anxious to declare victory that they ran to announce the news before their House counterparts had fully signed off. "The difference between the Senate and House versions were resolved," Senate majority leader Harry Reid told a throng of reporters on Wednesday afternoon. "The bills were really quite similar. And I'm pleased to announce that we've been able to bridge those differences." (Read "How to Know When the Economy Is Turning...
...North Korea stepped out onto the front porch of his Islamabad home to hail the court order. Dressed in a navy blue shirt, he waved to the cameras with unconcealed glee. "It's matter of joy. The judgment, by the grace of Allah, is good," Khan told a gathered throng of reporters. (See a map of Khan's network for black-market nuclear technology...