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Word: rioting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Cannon assault force heckled and booed the varsity during the entire contest from their vantage point behind the Crimson bench, and finally precipitated a near-riot at the end of the game when one of the savages tumbled out onto the floor and slugged Harvard captain Bob Repetto...

Author: By Mark L. Krupnick, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Tigers Defeat Quintet As Fan Slugs Repetto | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...Mexico the key word was bienvenido-welcome. There, for two days last week, the President of the U.S. saw and felt one of the warmest examples of bienvenido of his confetti-showered career. It blazoned from a sign at Acapulco's airport, rustled in the color riot of tropical vegetation, in the rugged beauty of the cliff-crowned bay, the shiny glamour of the hotels, the cheers of the people, and in the friendliness of the President, Adolfo López Mateos. President Eisenhower's trip, occasioned by his desire to demonstrate the U.S.'s deep respect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: South to Friendship | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

...that each big Havana hotel offered 40 to 50 free rooms to Miami travel agents as a come-on. Most of the $60 million annual revenue from tourism will be lost. The peaceful islands do not hesitate to capitalize on the trouble. "While other countries in the Caribbean undergo riot and revolution," beamed the Jamaica Tourist Board last week, "Jamaica remains a haven of happiness in a troubled world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CARIBBEAN: Havens of Happiness | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

What Jayne Mansfield has, the U.S. has seen so much of so often that she stirs only the mildest of ripples. But in Rio, where movie fans rarely see Hollywood oddities in the flesh, a hard-working girl can still stir a riot, especially at carnival time. Invited down for Mardi Gras by the Copacabana Palace Hotel, Jayne was instantly dubbed "0 Busto" and missed not an opportunity to justify the dubbing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRAZIL: O Busto at Work | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

Around the swimming pool, by day, a trio of little girls (ages 3½, 2½, and ½ raise continual riot. A yellow parrot named Jethroe screeches, whistles and squawks "There's a girl" whenever Mamma glides past in skintight velvet pants. A hefty brother-in-law lounges around listening to a recording of rock 'n' roll music that he composes himself. Through it all, Johnny Cash, head of the household, relaxes in pointy Italian-leather loafers, and practices a fast draw with his Colt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE JUKEBOX: Write Is Wrong | 2/23/1959 | See Source »

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