Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MOB WANTED Dalla Chiesa dead, and for good reason. Sicily has become the operational headquarters for the booming international drug traffic racket, from the poppy fields of West Asia to the streets of New York. There's more than just profits in the Mafia business, however, at times the gangsters have been known to dominate local justices in peasant areas. Many believe the Mafia may even control the votes of up to 30 parliamentary deputies. With that much at stake, it is hardly surprising that since 1981,222 people have been identified as victims of organized crime executions in Palermo...
When the clock finally ran out, the celebration had already started on the field. It took most of the players a while to weave their way through the mob and they found an equally raucous crowd when they reached the locker room...
...that Brezhnev is dead I feel sad because he conveyed a sense of security and stability." One middle-aged Russian intellectual recalled a different scene, when Stalin lay in state in the House of Trade Unions. Then the streets outside were packed with an unruly mob of people pushing their way toward the hall. "Stalin was like a god to them," he explained. "They were swarming around trying to see the dead god. But Brezhnev was human, and people are calm...
With 30 minutes left in regulation Duffs converted a Gately corner kick, ramming the ball through a goal mouth mob...
...symbolism enthusiasts there is also the array of stark American icons: sacks of dollars, sacks of dope, Los Angeles, rugged individualism, General Motors; the Mob, the FBI, a world famous fashion model, wheels and deals, movie stars, an All-America's daughter. Any graduate student...