If a Magistrate (or JP) stood up and read the Riot Act then anyone on the streets moments later was partaking in a riot.

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Brooks is in a perfect position to read the Riot Act.

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Too bad our Treasury Department doesn't read the riot act to the IMF and tell it to push pro-prosperity policies, such as low taxes, stable money, property rights, easing regulations for starting a business (in many countries it takes years to get all the licenses--and experts wonder why people operate outside the system) and reducing trade barriers internally and externally.

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Apparently GM had read them the riot act after receiving my survey.

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As B of A and other lenders were licking their wounds, the International Monetary Fund read these countries the Riot Act.

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