Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time Everardo was the highest-ranking member of the military wing of the URNG, the United Front of Guatemalan Guerrillas, a Mayan rebel group...
...take fewer risks if married with children than if unattached. Though some people may be genetically prone to high self-esteem, everyone's self-esteem depends heavily on social feedback. Genes even mold personality to our place in the family environment, according to Frank Sulloway, author of Born to Rebel, the much discussed book on birth order. Parents who clone their obedient oldest child may be dismayed to find that the resulting twin, now lower in the family hierarchy, grows up to be Che Guevara...
...also the most inconsistent: it drags during the second half. It does not have the constant, wild action of Star Wars or the ultimate triumph of Return of the Jedi, but it does feature a memorable invasion (of the Imperial Walkers attacking the rebel base on Hoth) and the duel that probably remains most beloved in the public imagination (between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker). The Empire Strikes Back is probably the most important of the films for the Star Wars enthusiast (largely because of what it reveals of the world in which the saga takes place) and the least...
...terrorist from checking a bomb and then skipping the flight by matching every bag to its owner: "The airlines have prevailed on this commission not to go to full luggage match because they don't want to pay for it." Maybe so, but passengers are also likely to rebel when such a system produces even more delays, long lines and requirements for early airport arrivals. While the Presidential panel noted that U.S. Customs, using its own profiling system, has been able to increase drug seizures while stopping fewer people, the analogy is not perfect. After all, taking a flight from...
...with starsurfer Luke and antihero Han Solo and all the pudgy, pasty-faced rebel pilots finally functioning as a team, Star Wars has declared its intention: to be a celebration of communal subversiveness. The Jedi Force is itself a kind of cosmic team spirit. So it's appropriate that the movie come back into theaters to give kids of all ages the communal kick of a big-screen experience. Some early viewers have applauded the new material; others (the true believers) have booed it. But all cheer when the Millennium Falcon zaps into hyperspace; it is a video game...