Word: mobbing
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...that can be seen from outer orbit, against the dark face of a planet couched in the shadow of night. They make their way down to the strip and all around the city. They're greeted by a madman's dreamscape: castles made of sand, built with bags of mob money and later rebuilt with the bounties of multinational entertainment cartels. The scene is almost as hot as the desert itself. The Beautiful People congregate nightly at The Beach and Club Rio. If that doesn't work out, there are always the cheap whores walking the street down by Circus...
...race book and bingo rooms of the complex, empty last night, are beginning to fill up. Two hours before the big noon game, the bingo hall is easily half full, and a mob of senior citizens is lining up to buy their way in. Bingo is what started it all, but it all started down the road in Ledyard. I get back in the car and make my way back to Foxwoods for the last time...
...answer to this question, I congratulate those who have already begun to address the "disturbing" Diallo verdict in a peaceful and ordered fashion. The black community has responded to a senseless act of violence in the right way. The protestors who could have degenerated into an angry mob marched calmly, practicing as well as preaching an end to violence between civilians and police. On campus, organizations sponsoring forum discussions instead of finger-pointing. Many public officials have called for better police training, and the former New York police commissioner has admitted that police brutality is a problem. Previously, administrators tried...
...mob of party crashers is one reason McCain is suddenly running neck and neck with Bush in Michigan polls. But another is that many of the newcomers may be united nearly as much by their dislike of Engler as by their excitement about McCain. The Governor has annoyed a lot of Michiganders since he was first elected in 1990, and he is finding that he is almost as big an issue in the upcoming primary as the candidates. Residents of Detroit are unhappy with the way the state took over the school board and eliminated a residency requirement for city...
Interestingly, the issue of false child abuse accusations has popped up often in the news recently, and situations similar to Alice's have occurred in several states, including in Massachusetts. This film helps shed light on the danger of mob-style abuse accusations although most individuals unfairly accused of such charges do not wind up as strong as Alice...