In the pages of Le Parisien, the chronicle of daily life in the city, the events were described as "une émeute populaire" (a popular riot).
The Commons passed it by a large majority; the Lords, intimidated by popular rioting, passed it, too, but by a much smaller majority.
The reactionary Sarkozy was at his most popular during the riots.
Barcelona's radical mayor, Ada Colau, faces her first popular revolt after rioting broke out on Monday night in the fashionable Gràcia district of the city following the eviction of squatters from a former bank.
Popular choices are Riot Girl, Electroclash, 80's Pop icons such as Cindy Lauper, Madonna & Blondie just to name a few & of course Japan does have some underground bands & artists such as PEEP4U.
A month ago in India a notorious Tamil bandit snatched a hugely popular film star, sparking riots among his outraged fans.
By March 1522, when Luther returned to Wittenberg, the effort to put reform into practice had generated riots and popular protests that threatened to undermine law and order.
Still, Mr. Wahid is allowing the process to grind on, which gives people here hope that Indonesia will manage this transition more peacefully than it did the fall of Mr. Suharto, which occurred after a popular uprising and bloody riots.
Or could this extended goodwill, and an obvious softening of the original narrative, be a ruse to introduce the 2002 riots to popular cinema without earning the fatal wrath of Mr. Modi, who is being hailed as the new Hindu Hriday Samrat (Emperor of Hindu Hearts), after the death of Bal Thackeray?
