Word: helling
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...beginnings of the 9-min., five-part Jesus of Suburbia, which introduced both Jesus, a character struggling against the country's "red-neck agenda," and the possibility of a full punk-rock opera. "At first, we wondered if we should even call it something like that," says Armstrong, "but, hell, why not make it as grand as possible...
...steeped in fear and failure; he has the fretful eyes of a dog awaiting its master's familiar kick. So he can't be surprised when two things go wrong in sleepy Precinct 13. First, a batch of criminals arrives, including assassin Marion Bishop (Laurence Fishburne). Then all hell breaks loose outside and tries to break in, presumably to spirit Bishop out of custody...
...mantle of adulthood. That time is past. Now our culture trains young people to fear it. "I don't ever want a lawn," says Swann. "I don't ever want to drive two hours to get to work. I do not want to be a parent. I mean, hell, why would I? There's so much fun to be had while you're young." He does have a point. Twixters have all the privileges of grownups now but only some of the responsibilities. From the point of view of the twixters, upstairs in their childhood bedrooms, snuggled up under their...
...particular, it asks, Why didn't people run like hell? Some did, it turns out, and died anyway. Others stayed, out of fatalism or simply because they didn't know what a volcanic eruption was. They watch thunderstruck as pumice falls from the sky like an otherworldly snowstorm. Later, as superheated ash cascades, it is too late to flee...
With hundreds of millions of holidaymakers expected to hit the road for next month's Lunar New Year celebrations, travel in Asia could be hell. But Taiwanese living in mainland China have one thing to look forward to?a nonstop trip home. Under an agreement reached in Macau last weekend between China's Civil Aviation Administration and the Taipei Airlines Association, 48 round-trip charter flights will be allowed to carry passengers to Taiwan from three mainland cities. The pact marks the first nonstop trips between China and Taiwan since the Nationalists banned direct transportation links after fleeing...