Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...informally dressed audience - 29 other inmates and an instructor who is himself an ex-con - laughs appreciatively at the description of troopers peering inside, hoping for a glimpse of porno films but seeing only flickering psychedelic lights. When the cops finally storm the place, they find no orgy, no mob of spaced-out kids. Instead, Leary, dressed in white pajamas, comes politely downstairs to greet them. The ensuing critique by other prisoners credits the story's spirit and impressive detail. All in all, the reaction amounts to a rave review for the author, G. Gordon Liddy...
...turned left and walked quickly through the crowds who were shopping for clothes among the row of stalls draped with cheap blouses, chino pants, and button-down sweaters. I looked behind me apprehensively, but in a mob such as this, I reasoned, there was no way they could have followed me. Still I was taking no chances, and I weaved in and out among the sack-carrying men, chicken-dragging women, and soccer-playing children, taking care at the same time not to step into the garbage that had collected in the middle of the street. A small alley that...
...votes cast in the House last December against Ford's nomination, nine came from the committee's liberal Democrats, including Rodino. For months the White House has been complaining that these devout Democrats are as prejudiced against Nixon as a lynch mob that has already tossed its rope over a lamppost. Indeed, Massachusetts' Robert F. Drinan, 53, a Jesuit priest, last July became the first Congressman to introduce a resolution calling for Nixon's impeachment. (Father Drinan recently received a message saying: "If you can't impeach him, exorcise him.") California's Jerome...
Meanwhile, at Park Street Under, a huge mob had collected of those who had taken the Green instead of Orange Line from North Station. The electrified crowd occupied the time with chants of "We're number One," while several zealots took the campaign right down to the tracks. One of the less-than-sober fans climbed out after his fall by calmly stepping on the third rail, to the shock and dismay of gasping onlookers. He was not hurt...
...band struck up the B.U. chant, and the mob voiced its opinion of that school with a resounding and unanimous "Screw B.U." at the top of its collective lungs. The fans pounded on the ceiling, windows and whatever else was handy at the time, in tune to the chants and various fight songs...