Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Amid wild huzzas from the mob, and to the booming of firecrackers set off by wags within Leverett House, the fire laddies attacked the blaze, battled it furiously for thirty seconds, and soon had it under control...
Over Armistice Day police were busy quelling sporadic riots in Paris, Lille and Narbonne between Socialists, Communists and Nationalists, the latter shouting "Long live Doumergue." Outside M. Herriot's hotel in Paris an irate mob, not knowing that the No. 1 Radical Socialist was out of town, shouted "Hang Herriot to a lamp post!" and "Down with the radical Socialists!" until police arrested five mobsters...
These practical psychologists who know how to appeal to the mob that directs the destiny of the nation are not found in any one political camp but exist in every party, in every town, in every precinct. Tuesday's election as all previous elections have demonstrated the efficacy of slogans, dramatic oratory, and machine tactics. Can the youth that aspires to public office in the future battle these effectively? Some say they will use these means only as a way to gain a position in which they may promulgate the reforms that are so necessary. But it is a polluted...
Once again the roars of the dissatisfied Paris mob echo through the legislative halls of France as the Parliament faces the problem of amending the constitution to make it more of a working instrument of government. Unless the Chamber of Deputies is willing to sacrifice its permanence of tenure in the interests of responsible government, there is grave danger that Doumergue will throw off the shackles of a dilatory Parliament and establish a military dictatorship supported by the Croix do Feu. The current cabinet difficulties make this assertion even more within the realm of possibility...
...felt that an explanation was due with regard to his tardiness in calling out the militia. "It was not a case of calling out the militia to protect the jail or a prisoner in custody of an officer," said he. "The Negro was held in the hands of a mob out in the woods. . . . It would have been futile to have called out the militia...