Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cleveland receives a brutal ninth-inning education (TIME Daily...
...woman, it's all in play. Her basic sound, however, is the same--her small, soft voice surrounded by imposing, muscular dance beats. The album has more than a few striking moments, from Vanessa-Mae's rubbed-raw violin solo on the title track to the brutal frankness of What About, in which a woman rejects a marriage proposal from an abusive boyfriend. Jackson occasionally relies too heavily on others--Got 'Til It's Gone draws smartly on Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi (credited) but clumsily on Des'ree's Feel So High (uncredited). She is more creative...
...United States must continue a critical dialogue with China. But America must have the courage to pay more than lip service to the symbiotic concerns of human rights and free trade. We must also express our disapproval of China's continued brutal occupation of Tibet and our concern over the future of Hong Kong and the freedom of religious groups. We hope that the University will make this clear to President Jiang, while displaying hospitality within the bounds of good taste...
...1940s and '50s. The second tells the remarkable tale of the Dalai Lama more or less through his own eyes, from his recognition as reincarnated Buddha of compassion at age two until his escape to India at 24. Each film's strongest statement is on China's brutal, 46-year occupation of Tibet. But just as both open with the soulful moan of Tibetan horns overlapped by the eerie, two-toned chanting of monks, the spiritual underlay of both is Tibet's ornate, pacifistic Buddhist belief. Says Seven Years director Jean-Jacques Annaud of his film: "Buddhism is everywhere...
...This is brutal, man," Resendes said. "We need the death penalty. This is going to change...