Word: hooliganism
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British authorities refused to blame blacks as a group for causing the riots. Police Commander Alex Marnoch, whose district includes Brixton, charged that "the criminal and hooligan element took advantage of the situation for their own ends." That sober assessment might be applied to the authors of senseless violence in both countries...
...different picture of some soccer rowdies emerged two weeks ago in a British courtroom, where 25 supporters of Cambridge United were sentenced to prison terms of up to five years for soccer-related assaults. Members of a "hooligan army," as they were called by the press, they were organized into a paramilitary group and were affluent enough to buy "uniforms" consisting of costly designer sweaters, jeans and track shoes. Indeed, much of the trouble at soccer games seems to be started by similarly well-organized gangs of about 200 members that attach themselves to their home teams. Many...
...movie. That's what did it to us." Thirty years after Marlon Brando terrorized a small California town in The Wild One, his hooligan image has dogged motorcycle racing, says motocross expert Larry Maiern. "Most motorcyclists are thought of as being people who rob, loot, burn, rape and steal, and that just isn't true...
...nevezhda, which means "an ignorant person." Krokodilovy slyozy, which translates literally as "tears of the crocodile," derives from a Russian fable similar to the Western tale. Hullabaloo, which harks back at least to the 18th century English wolf-hunting cry of "halloo-baloo," appeared as shumikha, which means "uproar." Hooligan is simply khuligan in Russian, with precisely the same meaning in English...
...people in the "Vietnixon" drawings become more depressed, more fearful of one another, more isolated. More notably, the drawings themselves become more political, as Feiffer abandons his psychological barbs to join the crowds heaping more topical abuse on Nixon. Chronicling "Happy Hooligan" Ford, "Jimmy the Cloud" Carter and "Movie America" Reagan, Feiffer proves to be a less adept political commentator than social observer. Despite occasional flashes, he falls victim to the overdone, obvious punchline. Bernard and Huey disappears, and with them Feiffer's magic...