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Word: mobbed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...history." The pope has taken an increasingly hard line towards organized crime since he stunned Italians two years ago by denouncing the Mafia while on a visit to Sicily. Although past pontiffs have made general denunciations of violence, the current pope has been the first to single out the Mob, saysTIME's Richard Ostling. "John Paul is not one to be intimidated. He beat the Communist leaders in Poland. He's denounced the IRA in Ireland, rebuked leaders for human rights violations in places like Brazil, and chastised the Supreme Court on abortion while just a few blocks down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOHN PAUL II TAKES ON THE MOB | 6/22/1995 | See Source »

...must better defend the rights of itsminorities. "Democracy is not mob rule, it's nottyranny of the majority, "West said. "When thosedemocratic institutions are blocked, lethargy andapathy...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Cornel West Says U.S. Democracy Is in Crisis | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

...overflow crowd of over 2,000 fans, drunk with joy and beer, poured onto the field to celebrate Harvard's dramatic overtime win and carried Carella, among others, off the field and into the happy mob...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: M. Soccer Takes Ivy Crown | 6/8/1995 | See Source »

Some 2700 undergraduates signed a letter of apology to Defense Secretary McNamara in 1966 after he was surrounded by an SDS-led mob outside of Quincy House. Two years later, SDS was still somewhat on the periphery of Harvard politics...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: A Year of PROTESTS DEMONSTRATIONS | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

...incredibly awkwardly-named group called the Committee for Radical Structural Reform that was run by teaching fellows such as Marc J. Roberts '65 used mass meetings at Harvard Stadium in essence to co-opt the mob and recast the demands of SDS into a form that Harvard could deal with...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: A Year of PROTESTS DEMONSTRATIONS | 6/6/1995 | See Source »

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