Word: defiant
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...somber first anniversary this month of its war of independence, Chechnya is fragmented, impoverished and, from every sign, still indomitable. The Russians control the northern two-thirds of the country, but the southern, mountainous third remains a defiant redoubt. Neither side can claim a victory. After a heroic stand against Russian ground and air forces, Dudayev lost the battle for the capital, Grozny, in February, along with his heavy weapons and access to the country's oil refineries. Expert analysts estimate that Dudayev's hard-core forces may be down to around 2,000. Nonetheless, his separatist government managed...
Woody and Buzz become uneasy partners, Defiant Ones-style, when they are captured by Sid, the toy torturer next door. Sid must have spoken to a deep, dark streak in the animators, so lovingly do they detail the boy's atrocities. His bedroom, a playpen for Krafft-Ebing, is a place of ominous eccentric angles (his parents stuck him in the attic) and walls papered with posters for bands like Megadork. "The patient is prepped," he declares, revealing a doll with its head in a vise. This Sid is vicious...
...CLOSED DOOR, THE WRONG CROWD, the bad grades, the defiant clothes, the sullen demeanor, the telltale scents. Those are some of the warning signs of adolescence, signs that parents should heed--but too often ignore...
This has been a hard year for Florida's panhandle. Two months ago, Hurricane Erin followed nearly the same path. In Fort Walton Beach, which caught both hurricanes, a defiant banner still flies above a popular restaurant called the Sound. It's a relic of the last storm that reads WE'RE OPEN ANYWAY, ERIN. But now the Sound is full of broken glass and water, not to mention two large stranded motor yachts. The restaurant--like much of the Emerald Coast--appears to be closed for the season...
...first 40 minutes of the hour and a half show, Smith read from Early Works 1970-1979. Opening with an early poem, "Ballad of a Bad Boy," her jagged voice revealed her hard-core side--the punk Smith, utterly defiant and deviant...