Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First, it provides an excuse to incarcerate a large proportion of poor black and brown youths, for whom there are few jobs and who might rebel against their dire condition. Also, the deleterious effects of these drugs on rational thought keeps these youths from organizing themselves into a potent political force...
Danes and DiCaprio speak most eloquently with their faces (hers strong, his soft) and with the hurt and ardor that make this a Rebel Without a Cause for the '90s--1590s or 1990s. Sometimes it takes a radical like Luhrmann to get to the root of a natural-born screenwriter like Shakespeare...
...college players tested positive for anabolic steroids in 1986. Bosworth claimed he took the steroids to rehabilitate his sore shoulders. The incident did not prevent the Seattle Seahawks from signing him to a 10-year, $11 million deal in 1987, then the richest rookie contract in history. Football's rebel enhanced his hip image by sporting a gold earring and blond Mohawk haircut. The athletic career of "the Boz," however, was as short-lived as it was meteoric. He retired at 25, sidelined by a shoulder injury. He segued into a quieter career, acting. In January he will star...
Student athletes would probably never go that far; they have been programmed to obey, not rebel. The elite ones also have the option of abandoning school before their eligibility expires and signing a pro contract, something they are doing in ever increasing numbers after ever decreasing course hours. That's one of the reasons the NCAA is finally looking into granting intercollegiate athletes, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds, some financial relief. Other reasons are their susceptibility to glad-handing agents and boosters, the alarming number of incidents of petty theft and hostility involving jocks--just check today...
...they were bound to produce an agreement that would be unacceptable to many of his countrymen, hoping thereby to destroy a dangerous rival. But, says Charles Townshend, a professor at Keele University in England and a specialist on the British rule of Ireland, Collins was anything but the "simple rebel." He was, in fact, this shadow government's minister of finance and perhaps the ablest politician in the cabinet. He was not gulled by his President into negotiating with the Brits or fooled by them into taking less than he could have got. As for Jordan's implication that...