Word: throngs
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...aside from the Harvard band—steadfast in its support of both hockey teams during their winter campaigns—and those small circles of friends and family able to squeeze in time to travel to watch a game, the throng of Crimson fans share one trait: they've been on the other side and felt what it's like when just about nobody cares. This self-contained community of athletes, current and former, support one another in their otherwise neglected pursuits and provide the loudest voice in the crowd, particularly when the stakes are highest...
...complaining about how far we’ve been obliged to walk. We memorize shuttle schedules and keep the shuttle’s number in our cell phones. We are not above taking taxis to the Quad. On weekend nights, hordes of inadequately-clad undergraduates throng the Johnston Gate shuttle stop...
...cameo spot by Tony Leung Ka-fai to avoid the quarantine measures Taiwan was about to impose on travelers from Hong Kong. When Chang wanted to shoot a scene at Taipei's airport, officials allowed in only 50 cast and crew members?a paltry number to simulate an airport throng. "I was thinking maybe a flight would come in, and there could be people in the background," Chang says. "But all the flights were canceled. The airport was empty." She was forced to improvise: she had her 15 extras stride through the scene, change costumes off-camera, then come back...
...City is a liberal stronghold, and one of the hottest spots for the massive anti-war protests that began one year ago last week. Among the millions who demonstrated worldwide, at least a hundred thousand were on the streets of New York, in a throng that stretched 20 blocks long and three wide. So it’s hard to imagine a sedate response when the entire Republican power structure descends on New York to re-affirm their commitment to four more years of this presidency...
...commercial pressures are also a joke for a school like Harvard. There are no TV contracts to play for and no throng of fans to please. There are few, if any, commercial pressures. Send that part of your speech to the University of Florida, and maybe you’ll find an audience...