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Word: rioting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Square riot, although there weren't enough Dartmouth men to give the 1,000 Harvards much action. Then the cops moved in to grab Bursar's cards; the mobs switched allegiance. They didn't even know what a Bursar's card was, much less have one in their wallets...

Author: By Richard A. Burgheim, | Title: Green Visitors Annually Paint Cambridge Red | 10/25/1952 | See Source »

This year's liquor consumption promises to be especially high because of the new Dartmouth drinking rules. These rules, when first considered last spring, led to a student riot. The enraged Indians marched on a dean's house, serenading him with shouts, curses, and an occasional firecracker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Liquor Law Sets Dartmouth For Big Weekend | 10/24/1952 | See Source »

...dean stood his ground, declaring that he would not bow to ill-advised mob sentiment. The next day, his resignation, which he had submitted several weeks before the riot, was reluctantly accepted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Liquor Law Sets Dartmouth For Big Weekend | 10/24/1952 | See Source »

Last year, the Green infiltration of Cambridge was a relatively quiet one. Not a single riot developed, although several were in the offing. Freshmen in Matthews Hall quelled one Dartmouth outburst with water-bombs, but the Indians retaliated by painting John Harvard's shoes white...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Liquor Law Sets Dartmouth For Big Weekend | 10/24/1952 | See Source »

...power failure at Kirkland House that lasted for more than an hour produced a riot of mild proportions in the Deacon courtyard last night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kirkland Stages Mild Riot as Lights Go Out | 10/22/1952 | See Source »

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