Word: rioted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...down for the Rome opera season. The ban on Manhattan-born Singer Callas came from the implacable Rome opera authorities, who were heartily seconded by Rome's prefecture. Ostensible reason: the mere sight of Maria onstage again might incite Rome's already outraged opera fans to riot...
...Founder Jalal al-Din Rumi and his teachings are still a living force was demonstrated last week in Istanbul when 200 policemen turned out to cope with 4,000 enthusiasts who broke the windows and smashed the counter of the city's main post office. Cause of the riot: a scramble to buy a new series of stamps commemorating the 750th anniversary of the birth of Jalal al-Din Rumi...
...clear shot. If the city administration attempts, as it may, to equate the Lampoon's prank with the death of the MIT fraternity pledge and tries to make an example of the poor Poonie, hostility between town and gown will reach the level attained after 1952's Pogo riot...
Greek Cypriots Riot...
...canvas, did the crowd realize that it was watching a real fight for a change. Few in the Garden wanted to waste the rare opportunity. Beer bottles sailed ringward from the balcony; chairs were swung with painful accuracy. Two cops were injured and two spectators jailed before the riot ended. Haled before the New York State Athletic Commission, the suddenly friendly wrestlers announced that they had seen nothing at all. On the theory that they should have been looking, Commissioner Helfand fined Rocca. Graham and their two teammates a total...