Word: rioted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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They started a fight. One Schoroni of Uruguay socked Jock McArthur of Boston with his fist. Other Uruguayans used their feet. Curses ensued. One-third of the 7,000 spectators swarmed on the field. Two women were knocked down, trampled upon. The police quelled the riot after two Boston players had been kicked in the groin and carried off the field unconscious...
George Antheil, U. S. born, European-educated, presented for the first time in his native land his Bullet Mecanique, which nearly precipitated a riot on its premiere in Paris (TIME, March 21). The young composer's theory is to express the U. S; in its own terms of steel, machinery, physical strength, without employing jazz. To this end he has created a symphony of percussion instruments, ten mechanical pianos, several xylophones, assorted bells, wind machines, aeroplane propellers, etc., abjuring completely more lyrical aids. The ballet is a thunderstorm of noise lasting a quarter-hour. Carnegie Hall, jammed...
...There, a riot of cherry blooms and bright crocuses decked lawns and parkways. Elms and horse-chestnuts were "out." The advance ticket sale was fast and expensive. Dinner invitations sped the rounds, and tiaras came home from the vaults. With 100,000 Easter visitors in town, Washington prepared to prove itself a music centre that is "coming back...
Whether or not one agrees with Judge Stone's decision in the recent "riot" ease, President Lowell's demand for the resignation of the four policemen whom he cites as having acted with "unnecessary brutality" will be welcomed as a logical sequence in the interests of justice. Heretofore only one of the two parties involved has been brought into formal inquiry; now the other side will be subjected to investigation...
...appeal which was first arranged for March 21, has already been put off twice because of the trial of McLaughlin, who was condemned two weeks ago as one of the carbarn bandits. Although the court is now ready to take up the "riot" case, a further delay is occasioned by the Harvard recess which will absent most of the witnesses from Cambridge...