Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York Union Club, demanding that the British flag which was flying in celebration of the Pilgrim Tercentenary, be furled, made a grave mistake. While such an act cannot possibly hurt England, or England's honor, it may, however, easily bring harm to the Irish themselves. Such a demonstration of mob violence is only too likely to prove a boomerang. A people which loses its head and charges at an unprovocative flag like a bull in the arena, is not apt to be considered in the eyes of the rest of the world, as fit to have its freedom. Besides...
...timidness might easily be carried to extremes, but Mr. Hamer keeps it plausibly within bounds. Frank Westerton, as George, is a typically "silly ass" English man, while the other parts, with one or two unimportant exceptions, are consistently well-handled. A word might also be said for the "mob" of sporty English aristocrats, who contribute an ever-recurring ripple of laughter with such highly, accented expressions as "demn it!", "well, dear old precious!", "hello, old wonderful!" and the like...
...wildly enthusiastic mob of undergraduates jammed into the Union last evening and gave the University eleven one of the greatest ovations that a Crimson team has ever received. Time after time the men who packed the Living Room to its utmost capacity and overflowed into the hallways rose en masse and cheered steadily for several minutes. When the eleven walked up onto the platform, R. W. Emmons ocC. led cheers for each member of the team and then W. H. Trumbull '15 spoke...
...know," replied Mr. Pickwick in the same tone. "Hush, Don't ask questions. It's always best on these occasions to do what the mob...
Although a Republican mob may not force the Democrats to shout with them or be black-jacked in the old fashioned Pickwickian way, it may derive a fine feeling of self-satisfaction in being merely the largest mob. There is a unit in the parade tonight for every energetic Republican, who wants to make it the "largest mob"; and this expression of political faith calls for no backhanded slaps at the Democrats in the modern fashion. It is "old fashioned" and wholesome...