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Word: rioting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Grass Valley, Cal. Mitchum, who turned in a fine performance as the infantry captain in "The Story of G.I. Joe," handles his role capably, as does William Gargan, who is cast as a Marine Rehabilitation NCO. The picture also deals surprisingly well with the problem of the nationalist, race-riot inciting veterans' organizations spawned by the war. But in its efforts to come to grips with the problem of individual reconversion, "Till the End of Time" is a wet failure. If you haven't guessed by now, the title comes from a certain song which sobs unendingly through the show...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: The Moviegoer | 10/29/1946 | See Source »

...Russian system. We believed that, having a wider geographic base than Naziism, the Russian system could afford a more static policy and ultimately find security in the wide belt of eastern Europe assigned to it. A trip through Europe . . . has convinced me that the Russians are not, and will riot be, satisfied with an system of eastern European defenses but are seeking to extend their power over the whole of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Continent In Travail: EUROPE'S HOPE: (Dr. Niebuhr's Report) | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

...counterattacked with sticks and stones. They swarmed through the palace, splintering furniture, shattering windows before they were halted 100 feet from Premier Alcide de Gasperi's office. Three hours later, they finally drifted off. Behind them they left two dead and 141 injured in Rome's worst riot since the angry days which had spawned Mussolini's regime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Blood in the Palace | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

...started the riot? Preliminary investigations pointed to agents provocateurs in the crowd. Communists blamed "monarchists and Fascists." Rightists blamed Communists. Said white-haired Police Chief Luigi Ferrari: "God alone knows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Blood in the Palace | 10/21/1946 | See Source »

Proposed charges: playing after dark, disturbing the peace, and inciting to riot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Music Hath Charm? Cantab Coppers Can't Quite Concur | 10/17/1946 | See Source »

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