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Hunting the indiscriminate following of any scent by hounds Riot Attica city in New York housing state prison; one of the worst prison riots in American history occurred there (1971). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 182] melee resulting from civil rights demonstrations (1963). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 585–586] civil uprising fueled revolutionary spirit (1770). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 57] colonists rioted against tea tax (1773). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 341] “police riot” arguably cost Democrats election (1968). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 625] former annual Dublin county fair; famous for rioting and dissipation. [Irish Hist.: NCE, 784] conflict of capital vs. labor: miners strike en masse. [Fr. Lit.: Germinal] leader of the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, in which the idiot Barnaby is caught up. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Barnaby Rudge] Chicago labor dispute erupted into mob scene (1886). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 297] Ohio university where antiwar demonstration led to riot, resulting in deaths of four students (1971). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1466] capital of Arkansas; federal troops sent there to enforce ruling against segregation (1957). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1594]
British workers riot to destroy labor-saving machines (1811–1816). [Br. Hist.: NCE, 1626] antilandlord organization; used any means to combat mine owners (1860s, 1870s). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 272] anticonscription feelings resulted in anarchy and bloodshed (1863). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 429] the reading it to unruly crowds, sheriffs under George I could force them to disperse or be jailed. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 767] armed insurrection by Massachusetts farmers against the state government (1786). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2495] district in Los Angeles where black Americans rioted over economic deprivation and social injustices (1965). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1612–1613] uprising in Pennsylvania over high tax on whiskey and scotch products (1794). [Am. Hist.: NCE, 2967] Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | A GIRL of 16 who attacked two police officers in a row over litter and sparked mob violence escaped a prison sentence yesterday. Cabaret's tale of a hedonistic society in the shadow of a rising Nazi regime which will ruthlessly crush it remains apt 40 years later when Birmingham is reeling from two weekends of racial hatred and mob violence on our own streets. Officials said a banned Sunni militant group, Sipah-e-Sohaba, was among those responsible for the attacks, the third convulsion of anti-Christian mob violence in the region in the past four weeks. |
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