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Bidault had won an impressive vote of confidence in the Assembly (393-186) on the Communist-opposed anti-sabotage measure, the government's Red troubles were not over. Before the final vote, Communist deputies put on a riotous show that was even more violent and abusive than last week's. Cracked a Foreign Office official who must attend this week's debate on ratification of the Franco-American military aid agreement: "Where could I borrow a suit of armor...
...biggest, roughest show was mounted in the National Assembly, and it turned out to be the most riotous performance in the Fourth Republic's uneasy history. The occasion was the government's introduction of a bill specifying penalties for sabotage of the national defense. As the time for debate on the bill drew near, Communists at the extreme left of the chamber redeployed their forces...
...year was 1882, a riotous time in the history of the evangelical army. In a way it was a day of victory for the Generals Booth and their followers. Statesman John Bright later wrote Catherine: "The people who mobbed you would doubtless have mobbed the apostles. Your faith and patience will prevail...
...John Aubrey has been called "the little Boswell" of his day (1626-1697). But not even Boswell could claim quite the same historical importance as Chronicler Aubrey, the sensitive, observant man who saw himself as the connecting link between the great days of Queen Elizabeth and the riotous Restoration...
...into Bogotá, Ospina last week banned all public meetings from April 8 to 18. That took care of the first anniversary of the assassination of Liberal Leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán (TIME, April 19), an occasion which some Liberals had planned to exploit to its riotous limit. Then Ospina summoned the bosses of both major parties to see what could be done about the backwoods...