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Word: rioting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nineteen students were booked at the Cambridge Police Station at 11:30 p.m. last night for disturbing the peace, following a riot at M.I.T and a march on Radcliffe. According to police officer William Storey, the men were trying to "got some of the girl's scantics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 100 Students Riot on 'Cliffe Quad After Fires at M.I.T | 5/6/1952 | See Source »

...riot started when an estimated 800 M.I.T men began building bonfires and shooting off firecrakers at Briggs Field. Police said this was the third such riot in as many weeks at Tech...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 100 Students Riot on 'Cliffe Quad After Fires at M.I.T | 5/6/1952 | See Source »

...show them as slides? Or go see "The Red Badge of Courage," which is about fifty times as good. Filling in the lacunae of a few cinema snobs does not justify the risk of vilifying a race, or pandering to prejudices that are already on the verge of running riot. A burning cross is also a work of art; but at certain times and in certain places it is neither beautiful nor entertaining...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE GUSTIBUS | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...Nation" would have been shown casts doubt on Mr. Laskin's fears. The Boston Cinema Society selects films for their artistics excellence and for their contribution to moving-picture techniques. There is no reason to believe that a small group devoted to these artistics interests would break into a riot, regardless of the sentiments which a film might inspire...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DE GUSTIBUS | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

...sure the Universal newsreel now at the Beacon Hill would please my friend. Although it started in the conventional manner, showing John Foster Dulles signing the Japanese treaty, it quickly switched to Japan itself. There, hundreds of Japanese students were rioting in protest against this same peace treaty. Blood and police billies flew through the air, as the militia tried to keep the riot in check...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Universal Newsreel | 5/5/1952 | See Source »

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