Word: mobbed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cole said he believed that the vast majority of Alabama students condemned the mob action. He pointed to the many organizations which have drafted resolutions calling for respect for the law. "Nevertheless one must remember that none of these groups have expressed opposition to segregation or have asked for the reinstatement of Miss Lucy," he warned...
...quite clear that the University lacked adequate police either to protect Miss Lucy or to deal with a mob. Responsible residents of Tuscaloosa declared last night that the campus police force numbers only ten or twelve, and that city officers did not intervene until the mob had actually begun to destroy property. And according to the Tuscaloosa News, the Alabama Highway Patrol, when it finally arrived, had instructions not to touch any student. Had the University forseen the need for police, and had the police been willing to take strong action to quell the riot, there would have been...
Firecrackers popped and bands blared at Rio's international airport last week. It was 107° in the shade. A yelling, flag-waving mob broke through the police cordon and surged forward to greet President-elect Juscelino Kubitschek, returning from a slashing three-week tour of the U.S. and nine European nations with bolstered prestige and a handsome collection of medals...
...hair and her toes is distributed in a symmetrical 38-24-38. When she flounces into Rome's most elegant restaurants, a dramatic hush falls on the room while members of the international set stare at her like hayseeds. Last year, during a personal appearance in Bologna, a mob of males became so impassioned that they tore off her shoes as souvenirs...
...marvel of today's debate in the South is how rigidly channeled it is into legal and constitutional molds. "You want your kids to go to school with niggers?" is an ugly question, but it is less ugly if the resulting action turns on constitutional science rather than mob violence...