But in the confused, edgy atmosphere of a city convulsed by riot, all groups seemed suspicious, treacherous.
France was convulsed by coups, revolutions and counter-revolutions for the next 60 years.
Even as the private world has eclipsed public markets, finance has been convulsed by a computer-enhanced frenzy of creativity.
Over the next month the bond market convulsed and investors fled risky paper of the sort most mortgage REITs hold.
Was that you turning to see the woman convulsed hysterically with laughter?
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The latest move comes as Kuwait prepares to mark the 10th anniversary of the start of the Gulf War, which convulsed the region.
The former prime minister was visiting the United States as the country was convulsed with uncertainty over the final outcome of Tuesday's presidential election.
Even with so many unprecedented steps taken, Wall Street has convulsed.
The hearings and votes on Thomas convulsed the nation for weeks in the fall of 1991 and generated much of the energy for the elections of 1992.
In an interwar Britain convulsed by a fresh set of shocks - the great depression, mass unemployment, the rise of fascism in Europe - it's hardly surprising that readers looked on such places as a nostalgic reminder of an apparently simpler time before August 1914.
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