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Word: mobbing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Julse and Jim, 4:15, 7:45, Knife in the Water, 6:05, 9:40, tonight and tomorrow; The Ladykillers, 4, 7:15, 10:25, The Lavendor Hill Mob...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge | 7/11/1975 | See Source »

...used to be that Forbes Plaza, the space in front of Holyoke Center, was the true mecca of Square performers, but these days the Harvard cops kick them out. Just the other day a magician who was short on tricks but long on charm had attracted a huge mob but was quickly collared and hustled away. Still, sometimes you can catch a brief Forbes Plaza performance by a daring magician, if you get there before the cops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MISCELLANY | 7/3/1975 | See Source »

...Mooney" or "Momo," he ran the Chicago underworld. His rise in the crime organization built by Al Capone began in his teens on Chicago's West Side, where he was born in 1908, the son of an immigrant grocer. A grade-school dropout, he joined the Chicago Mob as a wheelman, or getaway driver, then graduated to triggerman. Convicted of moonshining in 1939, he managed to turn his four-year sentence to his advantage by cultivating the friendship of Edward Jones, the policy king of Chicago's South Side, who was serving time for income tax evasion. From...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MAFIA: The Demise of a Don | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

Giancana's decline began in 1959, when FBI agents planted a microphone somewhere amid the cans of tomato paste and olive oil in the back room of Giancana's Mob headquarters, the Armory Lounge in suburban Forest Park. For six years, agents listened to his most intimate business conversations, learning valuable information about the Mafia's organization and operations. In 1965 Giancana was jailed for refusing to answer the questions of a grand jury about Chicago's rackets. Released a year later, he fled to Mexico to escape further questioning and holed up in a walled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE MAFIA: The Demise of a Don | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

...there are already signs of a backlash against the Communists in the heavily Catholic north, where gun battles between conservative and left-wing elements have been reported. In addition, troops were called into one village to restore order after a left-wing politician shot his way out of a mob armed with shotguns, whips and hoes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PORTUGAL: A Turning Point for The Revolution? | 6/30/1975 | See Source »

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