Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...three other brokers who had placed orders for the Big Bull defaulted on large payments owed to the exchange, leaving it nearly unable to meet expenses. At first the crash brought grief: brokers and investors on Lyons Range crumpled to the pavement, weeping. Then there was anger: a mob of brokers roamed the exchange's halls vowing to kill Singhania, who wisely went into hiding...
...Macedonian mob that drove President Boris Trajkovski from the parliament building late Monday was enraged that NATO and the European Union had forced him to adopt a new cease-fire with a rebel movement that NATO's own leaders had dubbed "terrorists," "extremists" and "murderers" only a few weeks ago. But the mob wasn't simply calling for a more robust counterinsurgency effort against the ethnic-Albanian guerrillas that had menaced the capital for weeks; they were baying for blood and vowing to drive all ethnic Albanians out of the city. If that hatred translates into random attacks on ethnic...
...like Job?not an unfamiliar sensation for any head of state of the often-chaotic Philippines. Since being swept into office by a People Power demonstration this January, Arroyo has faced plenty of challenges. Predecessor Joseph Estrada insists he's still the real President of the country; a mob of 40,000 anti-Arroyo demonstrators attacked MalacaNang in May, prompting an unsuccessful coup attempt. There has been criticism of the appointment of her businessman-husband's cronies to key government posts, and a high-profile Senate race that required all of Arroyo's personal charisma to stave off a humiliating...
...fact, political books appear to be your favorite genre. Others write-ins included "The O'Reilly Factor" by Bill O'Reilly, "Barry & 'the Boys' : The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History" by Daniel Hopsicker, "The Betrayal of America : How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President" by Vincent Bugliosi and "At Any Cost : How Al Gore Tried to Steal the Election" by Bill Sammon...
...children without a Mob guardian b) pit bosses under 300 lbs. c) smoking in the poker rooms...