The game proved one of the closest ever witnessed in America, and the excitement was intense, the spectators jumping to their feet in the grand stand and cheering and waving their hats as fortune favored Englishmen or Americans.
These teams became the focus of intense support among spectators, and occasional disturbances broke out between followers of different factions.
Among the lessons taught by this music were that rules enforced by artistic tradition could be broken, that opera could jolt spectators into intense feeling even as it educated them, and that Italy could be in the vanguard of stylistic and technical innovation.
Along the southern wall, 34 monks in colorful open jackets, sleeves rolled up, spar in bare-fisted pairs before a small but intense audience of scholars and spectators.
The Yomiuri Shimbun reported last week that organisers had decided to shift the start time for the men's and women's marathons to 6am – an hour-and-a-half earlier than originally planned – to avoid the health risk to runners and spectators from the intense heat later in the day.
Summer training is at its most intense, with the most opportunities for spectators, in July and August.
An intense competitor, leader and friend turned spectator just put my heart through the grinder and I had to look away.
Unlike Mr. Dodin and his large-scale socially oriented theater, Mr. Ginkas creates small, intense, highly personal visions that leave few spectators indifferent.
As they did, video images of them in a similar emotionally intense duet appeared on a screen, providing spectators with a double dose of choreographic passion.
In both, there are winners and losers, the competition is intense, with the participants often second-guessed by spectators, and there is an abundance of controversy, including some scandal.
"How could I call the police?" Despite the mistrust, about a dozen players and some spectators showed up, and the match was surprisingly intense.
