Word: defiants
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...wild man and a philosophe, whose tender soliloquies on the joys of an unfettered life at sea, with nothing but the naked stars above, retain an immense power to seduce. While Hashish may be an acutely self-conscious literary artifact, it is also a singular self-portrait of a defiant spirit, who spurned "the slavery of some dreary job" and "the frivolous and treacherous world" of conventionality. The book had almost drowned in obscurity. Now it has resurfaced to beguile a whole new generation of readers...
...church in Kiambaa where Kikuyu had sought refuge was burned by an angry mob. At least 50 people, many of them women and children, died in the attack. In the midst of the violence, analysts say, it will be difficult to get the results nullified, but Odinga remains defiant. "If you want to do any kind of negotiations, that must be the starting point--that I won the election and Kibaki lost it," Odinga said. "If Kibaki accepts that position, then we can negotiate ... Without that, there is no basis for dialogue...
Odinga's supporters are just as defiant. "We cannot accept [the election result]," says Otieno, the Kibera businessman. He vows that if the march does not go ahead as planned, there will be worse conflicts to come. "We will go peacefully into town. But if the police interfere, you can guess what will happen. All hell will break loose...
...problem isn't what he's saying, it's that he's made such a reputation for being defiant and provocative that many people will interpret this as him baiting the projects as he did in 2005," says Dominque Reynié, a political analyst and professor at the Foundation of Political Science in Paris. "No one has any sympathy for the thugs behind these riots, but Sarkozy might have been wiser to show his support of the police in a lower-profile manner. Whether it's fair to do so or not, were rioting to break out again now, lots...
...small crowd of party leaders gathered around her car cheered. The police started laying down another two rows of barbed wire, further locking her in. A water cannon truck pulled up. Still, Bhutto remained defiant. "We consider this a victory because there is no government today. We brought the government to a standstill." Nevertheless, she told the crowd, "If he restores the constitution, takes off his uniform, gives up the office of the chief of army staff and announces an election by Jan. 15, then it's okay." And if he doesn't, she said, "We will come...