States are racing to get out in front of the casino-building stampede that threatens to turn the nation into one large Las Vegas.
The demonstrators congregated outside Penn State's administration building before stampeding into the tight grid of downtown streets.
Historic churches were among the many damaged buildings, and stampedes were reported in two cities.
So people just started to rampage out of the building, like a stampede.
Ms. Cooperman dreamed of a jet-powered boat speeding into tall buildings, Ms. Wojciechowski of bombs flying overhead as she rode the subway, and Ms. Chan of being stuck in the Empire State Building during a stampede in the dark.
OUTDOORS CLIFTON Clifton Municipal Building 11th Annual 5K Stampede Through Clifton and Health Walk.
In January this year, there were two tragedies in succession: a multi-storey building collapsed, and a stampede occurred during the ceremonial "stoning of the devil"—always a danger point, especially when pilgrims cross a narrow flyover bridge to reach the ritual.
EVEN in the current stampede of building renovations, it is unusual that all four 1920s Park Avenue co-ops at the intersection of 89th Street have put up "sidewalk shed" scaffolding for masonry repairs.
When we read Eugène Ionesco's Rhinocéros, for example, I used a drum to simulate the stampeding rhinoceroses, building up the volume until readers had to shout.
As they spoke, there were shots of cartoon bulls stampeding, a building being demolished, a dog chewing a bone and two people being shot out of a cannon.
The city takes on a party atmosphere during Stampede: office buildings and storefronts are painted in cowboy themes, residents don western wear and events held across the city include hundreds of pancake breakfasts and barbecues.
