Word: daringness
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Yet now that Israel is facing the same threat--a virulent terrorist campaign operating out of Yasser Arafat's Palestine and directed against innocent Israeli civilians--the wrath of the world has descended upon Israel for daring to respond by "assassinating" those who are running the terrorist operation.
Joan Chittister might seem an unlikely type to defy the Pope, let alone get away with it. Her dress is sensible, her voice matter-of-fact bordering on clarion, its timbre reminiscent of the kind of sister who for better or worse acquainted generations of parochial schoolers with Catholic discipline...
In 1959 he got back to basics -the 12-bar blues -in a song so uptempo and alluring, and so memorable, that it serves as the title for Ertegun?s gigantic memoir book: "What?d I Say." There was nothing revolutionary in the lyric, except its daring to be loose...
In America these days, there is no counter culture. The post-modern consumerist culture expands to contain everything - nothing is counter-cultural because nothing is outside the culture. There is no art that shocks. No ideas that repel. Scientists who want to create embryos for stem-cell research are far...
Still, the pressure is likely to ease at some point, as China's cycle of repression and liberalization makes another spin. Consider the recent track record of Southern Weekend's stable of editors. Qian Gang, recently removed as senior editor in charge of news decisions, made his name in the...