Word: rioted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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West 46th St. If "Oh Kay" wasn't in town this would be be best musical comedy there. But even "Oh Kay" hasn't got Betty Starbuck. She's a riot on roller skates. And you should see that chorus dance. It's the nearest thing to perfect in New York. Hart, Rogers, and Fields wrote the show; and that would be enough recommendation even if Helen Ford and Lulu McConnell weren...
...which old artisans had carved in the appearance of fantastic beasts. They were gargoyles, that seemed to droop their eyes in mischievous lure, in vague invitation to Student Mowrey. He pictured the old church standing silent in moonlight, and the gargoyles coming down from their towers for a rowdy riot of dance and clatter. This was material for a symphony, Student Mowrey, cold, sober, realized...
...shot was fired. Then, suddenly, a troop of Chinese soldiers from the Nationalist stronghold across the river arrived and dispersed the mob with a few shots. The commander blandly explained to the British that he had been delayed. No fool, the British Consul knew that he lied. The riot was a Nationalist warning...
...angry dogs. Female dog owners fainted fearing the sight of blood. Male dog owners fought with the doctors in several instances to keep their pets from being jabbed. Finally a cordon of mounted police was drawn around the dog registry, foot gendarmes rushed in and quelled the near riot, the long drawn howls grew plaintive, ceased...
...colored on an equal footing, is highly creditable. There has been a great deal of loose talk and writing upon the intelligence of the negro, twisted from the truth by race prejudice and passion. Had the scene of this debate been laid further south anything from a race riot down might well have taken place, such, is the strength of tradition, no matter how illogical or untested it may be Oxford, by its meeting with Lincoln, has broken down one more of the barriers erected around the myth about the necessary inferiority of the negro mind...