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Word: mobbing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...elves do not exist; never have, never will. If you are shocked by that, then hold on: reindeer cannot fly. This was proven in an experiment conducted in a Norwegian fjord in 1908 by the noted Swedish doctor Sven Svensen. The only results were 15 dead reindeer and a mob of angry Lapland herders...

Author: By Ben N. Smith, | Title: Santa No Longer A Secret | 12/17/1985 | See Source »

...Lynah Mob shouted its approval for the good-spirited gesture. Ithaca knew the game was lost but held on to its sense of humor...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: The Class of Cornell Hockey | 12/10/1985 | See Source »

Similar motifs are evident at Limelight, which retains much of its former design. Once a church, the club's terraced balconies and altar sacrilegiously showcase the dancing mob. The setting is ideal for the exhibitionist...

Author: By Preston W. Brooks and Michael C.D. Okwu, S | Title: Art and Dance in New York | 11/14/1985 | See Source »

Buscetta, the highest Mafia figure ever to inform on the Mob, said that breaking the organization's vow of silence was punishable by "morte--death." For his safety, he is being kept under close guard by the FBI in an undisclosed location while he testifies at the trial of some of the Mafia's top members from Sicily and the U.S.'s East Coast. They are charged in what has been called the "pizza connection" heroin case, since some of the drugs were allegedly peddled from pizza storefronts. Buscetta, 57, hopes his cooperation with prosecutors will lead to freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mafia's Murderous Code | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...imported heroin. More such fingering is expected as Buscetta continues to testify in a complex trial that could last as long as six months. Defense attorneys will assail Buscetta's credibility, and are expected to charge that he is singing in an effort to avoid prosecution for Mob murders in Sicily. But to date, Buscetta has provided the most revealing glimpse into the Mafia since ( American Mobster Joseph Valachi first outlined the structure and the secret name of the Cosa Nostra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Mafia's Murderous Code | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

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