Word: braved
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...felt like white crows in that crowd. Though they were all very friendly to us, they even attacked the church, which gave them shelter. There were a lot of fights, informers, subversion. They could not possibly become a real political force. What they did was very brave, but it couldn't work. We had to reach out to a more respectable, middle-aged generation, come out of this social ghetto, out of the church, out of Berlin and out of highbrow theories. We had to - appeal to engineers, doctors, nurses, teachers and bricklayers...
Sibling rivalry, as everyone knows, is a whiny bore. Only brave souls would dare contemplate it as a movie subject. Only clever (and compassionate) ones could bring it off as well as have screenwriter Mike Binder, adapting a tale out of his own family's mythology, and director Joe Roth, keeping the retelling simple but not too sweet. True to its original material, Coupe de Ville retains the air of a beloved anecdote polished by many spinnings around a family table...
After the piece is reprinted in a national magazine, a former RAZA member submits an angry letter to the editor charging that I "misrepresented" Razo's experience with other Chicano students on campus. I am told, by the few brave enough to confront me with their anger, that much of RAZA feels "violated," even betrayed, by the revealing of how they treat one another...
Bush originally conceived the summit during the 1988 presidential campaign as a forum for reading the riot act to Latin leaders about their failure to curb the tidal wave of cocaine that continues to flood the U.S. But that was before Colombia embarked on its brave and costly offensive against the narcotraficantes and the U.S. launched its military strike against Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega, stoking long-standing regional resentments of gringo imperialist intervention...
...want to get away from the beer-guzzling mobs dancing in the sand to Hot, Hot, Hot, a 10-minute bus ride west will bring you to the cable Beach. And if you're willing to brave the crowds, try a short ride and bridge crossing to Paradise Island. No doubt the prettiest spot on the island, it is aptly named: once you get there, you will never want to leave...