Word: mobbings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Those Who Stay and Beg. In Loyang we went to call on Bishop Thomas Megan of Eldora, Iowa, a greathearted Irish padre. When we came out of his relief dispensary, which is supported by American funds, the refugees tried to mob us. Men fell on their knees, surrounded us, folding hands in supplication...
People began to fight for escape. They climbed on those who had gone down, and the pile of the fallen grew waisthigh. Those who kept their feet were gripped by fear and the mob. Patricia screamed: "Daddy, I can't stand it any more, I'm dying." Mr. Johnes tried to shove and make room for her, but he was unable to move an inch. Finally Mr. Johnes grew faint, his arms grew numb. Peter slipped down along Mr. Johnes's body until the dead boy's feet touched the floor...
...mood of a socialite sneaking a pet Pekingese into the Social Register. A better theory: the Boss was impressed by the Midwestern adage that every manure pile should sprout one rose-he saw in Truman a personally honest, courageous man whose respectability would disguise the odors of the Pendergast mob. Certainly Truman was no statesman in 1934. Neither had he ever been touched by scandal...
...have been working on this Australian edition ever since last May, when we got a cable from one of our correspondents in Australia, Robert Sherrod. "The soldiers out here are probably the news-hungriest mob in history," he said. "A seven weeks old copy of TIME just arrived in camp and has been dog-eared to ribbons. Repeatedly, officers and enlisted men have stormed at me almost angrily, 'Why can't we get TIME over here while the news is still fresh?' I believe news from home is more important to morale now than cigarets, and sometimes...
...World Theater, an obscure cinema house in Manhattan's 49th Street, which usually shows little-known films to discriminating but small audiences, was the center of some surprising mob scenes last week. Good-neighborly crowds jampacked the theater to see some Mexican films...