Word: torchlights
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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They marched in a torchlight procession to the construction site, smashed the windows of construction trailers with rocks, blocked traffic on the expressway and threatened to set fire to construction facilities. Shouted one demonstrator: "If this was Harlem, these trailers would have been burned long ago!" Police called for help as the mob threatened to get out of control, and some 20 officers restored order...
...profits. Menotti began to worry that they were missing the cultural meaning of it all, so he held a meeting and urged them to "make the whole city a festival." The fiesta-fond Italians took him at his word, celebrating Menotti's 60th birthday with brass bands, torchlight processions and 2,000 signed testimonials of affection. Awakened by a rendition of his own Triple Concerto, the composer sniffled: "Before this I felt like an ornament. Now I feel like a household utensil, and it's wonderful...