Word: mobbed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...polite to take any overt notice of Him. We pretended to glance over at the tree He was standing under, looking for a bird whose song we swore we recognized. But under that thin, hard coat of well-bred civility, there was an unsatisfied urge to mob Him, like a dam waiting to burst. We looked at each other, wondering who would be first to release the floodgate...
...Legends of the Fall, the country's No. 1 box-office hit for four weeks this winter. Ethereal beauties Ryder and Thurman earned Oscar nominations last week- Ryder for her role as Jo in Gillian Armstrong's Little Women and Thurman for her portrayal of a heroin-sniffing Mob wife in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. Hawke has been winning rave reviews for his role as a charmingly scruffy, Auden-quoting romantic in Before Sunrise. In the meantime, Mary-Louise Parker and Drew Barrymore (the former E.T. child star and teenage drug abuser who has matured into a confident young...
...looting and violent treatment at the hands of Russian troops. Human Rights Watch researchers checking out the allegations were themselves held at gunpoint by Russian soldiers, who confiscated their film and tapes. Russia's human rights commissioner, who is investigating the charges, has warned soldiers not to, "mete out mob law or even law and order...
...crazy. Two Saturdays ago, he stood halfway up a Swiss ski slope yelling himself hoarse with cries of ``Forza, Alberto!'' As the object of his cheers cannonaded down the run, Corruzo dashed to the finish line and jumped the fence. Too late. His hero, rushed by a mob of other brandy-fueled fanatics, ran for protection. Was a blurred whoosh-past by Alberto Tomba worth the $500 trip? Assolutamente! ``He doesn't slow down even when he can afford to,'' Coruzzo vouched. ``That's why they call him La Bomba...
...mob of standing press members is not enough, a huge press truck carrying an expansive, coarse-looking wooden platform and frame cage is full to the brim with photographers and videographers, milling about on the platform like cattle being taken to the slaughter...