| When I see that other fellow college students rioted and destroyed the coolest liquor store in town, while in a drunken mob, I wince. |
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| Unemployed millhands and weavers were faced with the choice of the workhouse or starvation, and rioted. |
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| After Stewart paid duty on the cargo, a violation of the colonists' non-importation agreement, the Sons of Liberty rioted in front of his house. |
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| Last summer and autumn France's suburban youths rioted on a nightly basis, burning cars and buildings and hurling missiles at police. |
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| When the citizens rioted against the English, Richard replied by building a fortress next to the city. |
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| On March 18, prisoners rioted, breaking down a door and assaulting a police officer. |
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| On June 28, 1969, a group of gay men in downtown New York City rioted in a show of force against police harassment. |
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| Last month, Thai laborers working on construction of the city's mass rapid transit system rioted in protest of poor working and living conditions. |
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| Desperate to hold on to their jobs as overseers in the Occupied Territories, PA cops, hired by Fatah, rioted against Hamas' recent victory. |
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| In addition, in late March 2008, Ivorian soldiers rioted in the towns of Duékoué and Guiglo, which are near the south-eastern border of Liberia. |
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| Until the Africans got fed up with it, rioted and achieved independence, right, Grandpa? |
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| The next day, violent PKK supporters rioted in Montreal, and a day later in Ottawa. |
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| The audience rioted because they found the music and choreography so shocking. |
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| In Paris in 1913, crowds rioted in the streets after the premiere of Vaslav Nijinsky's ballet The Rite of Spring. |
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| In extremity, they rebelled and rioted with regularity and enthusiasm. |
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| More than a 1,000 Nepalis hit the streets and rioted in Kathmandu, throwing rocks and attempting to set a mosque on fire. Police intervened to protect the mosque. |
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| When the details were announced on 12 February 1111, Rome rioted. |
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| In 1979, Kazaks rioted because there were rumors that the government was going to set aside land for local Germans who wanted to create their own independent region. |
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| While he has promised a referendum to the people of Adeh, when he made it clear that independence would not be one of their options, 10,000 people rioted. |
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| But this heavy-handed tactic backfired, as pro-bionic followers rioted, and many of TASC's bionic operatives chose to flee instead of giving up their artificial parts. |
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| Such was the expectancy in 2000 when Argentina's Boca Juniors played Spain's Real Madrid that inmates of Argentina's Encausados prison rioted in a desperate bid to obtain a television to watch the final. |
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| They rioted because of prison conditions and the length of sentences. |
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| Tensions boiled over in 2007 when local Russians rioted over a government decision to relocate a second world war memorial in central Tallinn, the capital. |
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| Miliband said poverty, poor education and a lack of hope and opportunity for many of those who rioted had been a major factor in the disturbances. |
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| Limburg miners at the Zwartberg mine rioted in 1966 to protest its closure. |
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| White embroidery, lace, delicate tuckings, and elaborate ribbings rioted across the white of his short doubtlet, breech, and tight stockings. |
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| Dozens of immigrants from North Africa rioted last weekend in a multi-ethnic district of Milan, smashing shop windows and overturning cars to protest at the knifing death of an Egyptian. |
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| Vancouver Canucks supporters rioted after their side lost the prestigious Stanley Cup at home to the Boston Bruins. |
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| Although in many respects we have different views of history and its symbols, I confirm to you that those few thousand youths who rioted do not represent the Russian minority in Estonia. |
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| This week, besides the onslaught on parliament, they rioted in East Java leaving one demonstrator dead. Although he has never said it outright, Mr Wahid has also flirted with the idea of invoking emergency powers. |
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| As word spread, the Goths rioted throughout the region, and large numbers were killed. |
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| In 1831 citizens rioted in protest against the Duke of Newcastle's opposition to the Reform Act 1832, setting fire to his residence, Nottingham Castle. |
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| A minority of fans rioted in the city centre, clashing violently with police and damaging property, resulting in 42 being arrested for a variety of offences. |
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