Word: rioting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...closed out last week, and its last batch of prisoners shipped to other centers, ugly stories came to light. Tear gas had been used frequently; authorities argued that this was the "most humane" way of treating mobs. There had been a riot in which prisoners were shot. There had been brutality by the guards, and mass punishment for trivial offenses. Examples: exposure in freezing weather on a windy hill; confinement of 15 men for 36 hours in a 6-by-10-ft. "hole" where they could neither sit nor stand erect. Reported an education officer...
...even be acceptable without some mention of John B. G. Rinehart '00, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. For nearly half a century, the cry of "Rinehart" has been the signal for a general uprising of the student population and, perhaps, a subsequent march on Radcliffe. It is the old spring riot call, and has seldom gone unanswered...
...Grays Hall, and his friends used to call up to him from outside rather than attempt the stairs to his room. One memorable evening several acquaintances stood under his window and yelled; the rest of the students around the Yard picked up the cry, and a full-fledged riot began...
...means (few can answer, but many try). In the overcrowded metro a working man has been heard to swear at a neighbor who shoved him: "Species of an existentialist!" At one of Prophet Sartre's recent lectures, an overflow mob of 2,000 was turned away, a small riot occurred, and women swooned...
...kind of merchandise at fair prices, especially clothing, is a rarity in rackety-rax Rome. So is Swiss-born George Bloch. Last week the combination produced a riot on the Corso Umberto...