Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Collegium played the role of the mob which howls for the crucifixion of Jesus. Throughout the piece, they displayed a lovely tone coupled with impeccable clarity of pronunciation, proving again they are a highly disciplined, professional-sounding chorus...
Beyond their role as the mob, the Collegium sang a number of meditative chorales. In the earliest performances of the Passion, these were probably sung by the whole congregation, a large untrained group which doubtlessly obliterated the breathtaking subtlety and power of these short masterpieces. The Collegium, however, sang with clarity and grace, bringing to these contemplative pieces the same deep involvement and energy with which they performed the loud and menacing mob choruses...
...mutual acquaintances among Costa Rican politicians. The result was a series of conversations in Vesco's opulent retreat outside the capital, San Jose. Throughout one talk, a small handgun rested on a table near the casually dressed Vesco. During another, Vesco unburdened his contempt for American democracy ("goddam mob rule") and sympathy for Nixon's fallen men ("Take John Mitchell, that poor s.o.b., or Agnew ... These people cannot afford to pay what I'm paying in legal fees-well over $1 million a year...
...students have always respected high officials," John Monro, the dean of Students, said angrily, denouncing "mob rule" and joining Dean Watson in an official University apology--one seconded by 2700 undergraduates who signed an apologetic petition. McNamaras called the apology "unnecessary," recalling his own student days at Berkeley, but Monro took to meeting with SDS members regularly, and Harvard activism took on a new importance, menacing or hope-laden depending on the onlooker...
...Bosox rooters will get their chance to see if all these new changes meet with their approval this afternoon against the Orioles. If the hometown heroes win it, there will undoubtedly be a lot of reference to '67 and the Impossible Dream made by departing mob as they take that familiar route home through Kenmore Square...