Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that their members heel to the party whips in the vote; each nonetheless faced the prospect of rebellion among followers committed to the other point of view. The Tories have an overall majority of 25 in the 627-member House, but Heath's party managers counted 30 certain rebel votes in their ranks, leaving the Prime Minister dependent on Labor votes...
...gone through some changes since then, I saw and read about Angie Davis and some other females of our kind...The look of love from a rebel breed--I like it. I'm weak...
...case frustrated from without is not so much repression as it is conditioning for self-determination. In an environment in which the restrictions on one's freedom to fulfill even one's most basic needs and wants are as severe as they are in prison, one can rebel in overt disobedience. However, disobedience has programmed liabilities of its own. Disobedience--defiance without direction--had put George Jackson into the prison system. There, further disobedience could only result in a further escalation in his state of captivity, for the prison system with its rules and punishment options is well-armed...
Without this model, the black sons "resist and rebel but do not know what, who, why, or how exactly they should go about this. They are aware but confused...they end where I have ended. By using half measures and failing dismally to effect any real improvement in their condition, they fall victim to the full fury of the system's repressive agencies...
...symptom and partial result of the current wave of spiritual fervor among the young known as the Jesus Revolution (TIME cover, June 21). Whether it is a sign of Spenglerian decadence or religious renaissance, there is an obvious yearning to consider Christ not merely as a fellow rebel against worldliness and war, but as history's most persistent and accessible symbol of purity and brotherly love. As a conservative Protestant weekly, Christianity Today, pointed out: "Many Christians have ignored this generation's questions about Jesus. For those who will listen, Superstar tells what young people are saying...