Word: mobbing
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Perhaps this represents confusion between democratic passions and the rule of law. More likely, though, People Power has become its own institution, and one that seems monopolized by a certain clique. I spent many days in crowds like the ones on EDSA last week. They were the nicest mobs I have ever been in - they gave mobs a good name. People Power has become an acceptable term for a troubling phenomenon: one that used to be known as mob rule...
...with a rifle as declared luggage and nobody would have blinked an eye at Newark International). I just couldn't stand the fact that I was losing six months of training because of some silly laws that put my single-shot .22 (an unlikely weapon to use in a mob hit) in the same category as an Uzi. Anyway, in the end I refused defeat but stayed within the bounds of the law, constructing a dummy rifle from an Internet printout that simulated every aspect of my Izmash, right down to a laser system to register...
...hits could lead to a situation in which rival Palestinian gangs can accuse anyone of collaboration as an excuse to rub someone out. That might prompt a nightmare mixture of killings and retributions that could only make an already chaotic situation worse. "It's not acceptable to have mob justice," says Medani...
...Learning never to do the Heimlich on a black belt b. "Daniel-san" in Karate Kid IX: Russian Roulette c. Taking in local sights after the G-8 summit in Japan d. Regretting his promise to crack down on the Russian mob...
Nancy Marchand 71 The Sopranos Mob matriarch won four Emmy Awards...