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But a spate of high profile shootings, mental health outbursts on the subways and drugstores with items locked behind glass cases have created a sense of disorder for some.

“Obviously he’s frustrated,” Haney later told reporters about his client’s outburst in court.

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Elsewhere, the title track makes the surprising decision to use the same phrase as Will Smith in the actor's notorious Oscars outburst.

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Xenophobia has long been an issue in South Africa which has been accompanied by occasional outbursts of deadly violence, and anti-migrant sentiment has become a key political talking-point.

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The extraordinary scene with the medium in “Rashomon” stems directly from Noh, with the voice of the dead nobleman distorted into a screeching, growling outburst.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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