Word: rioting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...with a plot "to overthrow the government [and] incite seditious strikes," but actually the heart of their offense was that they were Basques. In May 1951, when labor unrest broke out in Spain, Vitoria's 5,000 workers stayed quietly at home for five days. They did not riot in the streets or break windows, as some in other places had done. The trouble had not even started in Basque country, but in Catalan Barcelona. But when the Madrid authorities began looking for scapegoats, their angry eyes fell on Vitoria, where there are plenty of men with records...
Fists nearly became persuasion methods for and against "Father" Leonard J. Feeney in his war with the University, Jews, Protestants and Catholics, in a squabble at Adams House yesterday afternoon. Alan K. Campbell, Assistant Senior Tutor at Adams House, was accosted by Feeney before police broke up the near riot...
...plot alone is at least a bare indication of how well her talent can be utilized. Miss Dietrich takes the part of a vagrant cafe-singer with an ability to incite admirers to riot. Because of this, she is deported from one East Indian island to another, even though her position with cafe society and the Navy remains secure. Her main task in Seven Sinners is to flirt with sailors, look sultry, and sing some of Frank Lesser's best lyrics. When breathing "I'm in the Mood for Love," Miss Dietrich's performance is especially provocative...
...riot in Chicago's Trumbull Park [TIME, March 1] was completely nauseating. For every American soldier who died in the fight for freedom, the people of Trumbull Park, by their display of mob hysteria, have made that soldier's fight...
Manhattan's new version is neither a smash hit nor a matter for riot. It sometimes bogs down in prosy prose and amateurish acting. But the enthusiasm of audiences for Weill's score shows there's life in the old beggar...