Word: choler
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...There's nothing unusual about encountering an angry London cabbie. If the capital's taxis could be converted to run on choler, they'd have an inexhaustible supply of fuel. But the sense of grievance articulated by this cabbie is widely held, and is especially potent among white, working-class Britons, who believe they are in competition with immigrants and minorities for limited jobs and resources, and that the political classes give preferential treatment to those groups...
...resources and facilities that are only available at a place like Harvard.” Cohler participated in the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and founded the Harvard-Radcliffe Ensemble Society, a chamber music ensemble that performed regularly at Sanders Theatre and featured varieties of chamber music from all musical periods. Choler has recorded a number of critically acclaimed albums. His debut LP, “Cohler on Clarinet” was awarded five stars by BBC Music Magazine and his follow-up “More Cohler on Clarinet” was considered one of “the best...
...tormented guitar player in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown and made us sympathize with an unapologetic killer in Tim Robbins' death-row drama, Dead Man Walking. Let's call him a necessary actor. The movies always have a place for at least one causeless rebel whose choler is both enigmatic and unappeasable. Maybe, at 43, Penn has learned to speak politely in public. But it's one of our great guilty pleasures to watch him surface those terrible emotions we all feel but dare not share. --By Richard Schickel