Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rebel, and freedom is my cause," Arafat told the delegates by way of presenting credentials. The P.L.O. chief went on to offer his version of Palestine's history from the time of Theodor Herzl's creation of the Zionist movement in 1881, to the U.N.'s division of the embattled land in 1947, to more recent punitive acts of Israeli "terrorists," including the destruction of 19,000 Arab houses during the past seven years. He complained that the rights of Palestinians had been ignored when the Jewish homeland was created...
...nola's resignation was the climax of a long-simmering struggle between the young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the rebel group that toppled the Caetano regime, and the conservative general they had chosen as the figurehead leader of their revolution. Tension grew after Spínola made a bid last July for immediate elections, which he would almost certainly have won, thereby acquiring vastly enlarged powers. The officers rebuffed him, fearing that he was attempting to take over the revolution for himself. Lately, Spínola had begun making appeals to the "silent majority" to "awaken...
...Feeney's followers, Flanagan visited the Slaves' farm last March to conduct a Mass during which 29 of them read vows that returned them to the faith. Though 27 true-believer Slaves refused reconciliation, Celebrated Rebel Feeney, now 77, is no longer "outside the church," and his case is closed...
...Rebel Without A Cause, 4, 8; East of Eden, 6, 10; Don't Look Now, midnight Friday and Saturday...
...glass of Rebel Yell bourbon close at hand and classical music playing softly on the stereo, the ex-newspaper reporter mulls over ideas at home for the next presidential speech. By 2 a.m., he is pounding away at his portable typewriter, smoothly capturing the cadences and patterns of his boss's speaking style. Next morning, red-eyed from a night without sleep but wearing his favorite cream-colored suit, he hands his manuscript to the President in the Oval Office, then argues tenaciously in defense of every word. Only rarely does Gerald Ford ask for a revision...