Word: brouhaha
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blackjacking. This bravura policy is said to have caused Mr. Golding's removal. Previous to Chicago, he had operated in Cleveland, where he secured 112 indictments. The Golding fame rests largely on the Golding flair for secrecy. But never did soft shoe men indulge in such a brouhaha of publicity as did Mr. Golding in Philadelphia. He issued detailed announcements. He had his sleuths grouped and photographed at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. It was obvious that Mr. Golding wanted to give Philadelphia's 'leggers an even break. People said it was because Philadelphia is Republican...
...Italian students played football with Hungarian students at post-Olympic games in Paris. Anti-Fascists among the spectators hissed and booed the Italians. Result-a brouhaha* French gendarmes intervened and several Italian students were injured...