Word: mobbing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Seattle, Promoter Larry Scheer pointed a finger mysteriously at unnamed wartime generals and admirals. "Somebody big didn't like boxing, so they didn't build it up. There should have been a mob of good fighters come out of the Army and Navy, but they didn't. It was all basketball, this last...
...marched in front, followed by a Fife and Drum Corps, followed by the entire cheering, chanting student body, Democrats and Republicans. Torches in hand, the boys weaved in and out of Boston sidestreets winding up at the Brunswick Hotel, where "The Plumed Knight" himself, James G. Blaine, reviewed the mob...
Matters are fortunately different for '52. Except for a few stray sophomores, the Yard is populated entirely by first-year men. Eating lines are modest, since the Houses have divided up and absorbed the mob of upperclass non-House residents. This allows Union executives enough yardage to make the Union a true freshman center--not just a chow hall--and to plan ahead for activities previously impossible or extremely difficult...
...Juan Perón was seriously worried by strains within his regime, his show had given him a good chance to warn his enemies that he could still produce a potent mob of the faithful on short notice. Thus, the plot might be worth whatever it might cost in bad relations with the U.S. In any case, Juan Perón proved that he still knows how to polish off a general strike: he declared next day a general holiday, so everybody could rest...
...watched the third Red mob in a fortnight hammer its way into the City Hall. They were only about 1,000 strong, and of these only about 50 were determined toughs. At the glass front door six aged clerks leaned heavily: on their arms little white bands designated them as the special "defense force" promised by the acting mayor, Ferdinand Friedensburg...