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Word: flaunts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ominously recalling Iran in the months before the Ayatullah Khomeini's revolution, thousands of Muslim worshipers manifest their desire for an Islamic republic by walking to the Kouba mosque each Friday morning. The men flaunt their allegiance by wearing long cotton kamis and beards -- reputedly the dress of the Prophet Muhammad. The sheik whom they come to hear speaks of martyrdom and sedition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Algeria : Searching for Salvation | 8/26/1991 | See Source »

John plays drums in a Republican band, the only legal way for kids in Belfast to flaunt their defiance. Like almost all Catholic ghetto kids, he's been in and out of trouble with the law since he was a child, but he has been extra careful since his last arrest two years ago. He wears his brown hair short, but not punk short, and he has no tattoos or earrings. He wears a blue Windbreaker and jeans. He is earnest, painstakingly sincere and a walking encyclopedia of the I.R.A. party line -- he has carefully shed any trace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death After School | 6/18/1990 | See Source »

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