Word: rebel
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...have an athlete who excels. Natalie D. Dunlap Lewiston, Maine, U.S. You said Miller believed "it's playing the game that counts." Maybe so, but one glance at Miller's ski clothing shows nearly a dozen logos from the corporate giants that sponsor him. That hardly makes him a "Rebel on the Edge," as your story's headline proclaimed. He looks more like a billboard on skis. Alice Kelly Boston Bode Miller may be an unorthodox member of the U.S. Olympic ski team, but I find his honesty and integrity refreshing. He must be doing something right to have...
...about equal, yes. THC: So then, do you incorporate the stereotypical American Ivy League Professor uniform into your wardrobe? The tweed blazer with the suede elbow pads, the oxford open at the neck, the ill-fitting brown corduroys? Do you embrace this archetype or do you rebel against it?GT: I don’t own any of the items you just said.THC: So you’re rebelling! I mean, do you feel like it’s a conscious effort, when professors do sport such clothes—to dress the part, in a sense?GT: Well, remember...
...been killed in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in March 2003, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, making it the world's most dangerous war zone for newsmen. On Jan 7th, Jill Carroll, an American woman freelancer for the Christian Science Monitor, was kidnapped by a previously unknown rebel group. Her abduction was denounced by Muslim groups here in Iraq and abroad as well as by several insurgent groups...
...Ford always assume he would work for the family firm. "He was a bit of a rebel as a young man," says Robert Kreipke, in-house corporate historian. "There was a bit of the 'corporations are the bad guys' thing. He wrestled with that. But in the end, he thought he could maybe change things from the inside." He has worked all over the company, from the assembly line to the labor-relations department to running Ford's Switzerland operation. When he became chairman, Ford pushed two projects that have since become important signs of where the company is heading...
...into a base from which al-Qaeda could spread terrorism throughout the Middle East and Europe. Many Sunni resistance groups have a narrower focus: ridding Iraq of all occupation forces--U.S. troops and the pro-Iranian militias that slipped across the border. Sunni politicians managed to convince some key rebel groups that unless the Sunni minority voted, the elections would enhance the power of Kurdish and religious Shi'ite parties, some of which have ties to Iran. (Election results released last week showed that Sunni Arab parties will hold 55 seats in the new parliament, up from...