Word: rage
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Johnson knew the futility of giving the courts responsibility for dealing with voting rights suits and the rage he would inspire if he empowered himself to act in such cases. Yet, he also sensed the moment and knew that something had to be done. In those days, before Vietnam became Vietnam and denied him the greatness he wanted so badly, he seemed to sense the depth and tenor of Negro despair. Firmly rooted in Southern soil, himself, he knew of the virtual disenfranchisment of Southern Negroes. It tormented him but also drove him on. This is why he seized...
Fired spurred on by winds of up to 180 miles per hour rage out of control, cooking to death even those who have sought refuge in bomb shelters. Death is slow and painful for most survivors, as John Hersey describes in his book, "Hiroshima...
...vamp. Among the male dancers, Peter Fonseca, 23, shows a bounding attack as the Boy in Green in Les Patineurs. Perhaps Baryshnikov's most daring casting is the choice of La Fosse, 21, in Prodigal Son, a role closely associated with Edward Villella and later Baryshnikov. Both men rage explosively through the ballet. La Fosse is boyish, vulnerable-and completely convincing. Last week at the Met, La Fosse and Cynthia Gregory, as the deadly Siren, gave a boldly sexual and riveting performance...
...Rage of Angels, Sheldon...
Mostly, the contents of these books are beyond a dreamer's imagination. Teen-agers with guns kill civilians on order, on whim, on dope. Rage explodes in all directions. Barracks arguments escalate into fatal shootouts. Corpses are mutilated for sport and trophies. A dead man is not allowed to fall but kept dancing grotesquely on a stream of bullets...