Word: mobbing
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...TIME: Do you regret the speeches you made that seemed to endorse mob violence...
...even on television, it is the real violence that is the most disturbing. A lynch-mob of police officers pummel Rodney King; a hoodlum smashes Reginald Denny's head with a brick. The ceaselessly repeated footage of these incidents is far worse than anything Hollywood could ever dream...
Perhaps, the idea of e-mail as a mental vacation explains the rabid mob that descends into the Science Center basement after every class. High-strung premeds pour out of Science Center B and down the stairs, mingling with the zombie-like Core crowd filling in from Memorial Hall. Once there, they jockey for seats, of which there never seem to be enough...
Further down the river, vendors were offering a healthier? alternative: "Marinated Chicken Breast Grilled with Onions and Peppers Served in a Pita Pocket," according to a large yellow and green sign. They also offered Soft Tortilla Tacos. The booth was in the midst of accommodating a small mob when Fifteen Minutes came by. "Come back later," said one of the vendors as he furiously removed chicken from boxes and brushed the meat with sauce. "We'll probably settle down by three. I can talk to you then," he said. Fifteen Minutes returned to the scene at 3:30 only...
...first years of the 17th century, Fuente Ovejuna stuns the audience with its precocity. Lope de Vega pokes fun at P.C. euphemisms, impractical intellectuals, outmoded patriarchal feudalism and classist snobbery. He addresses what we though were 19th and 20th century causes celebres: social revisionism, empowerment of the masses, demogoguery, mob violence and group identity. Furthermore, his plot simultaneously explores the development of the nation-state in Spain, and its effects at an individual level. Lope de Vega's mature, witty, gutsy script presents these topics engagingly...