Word: rebel
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...been asinine for its pubs to shut at 11:00 p.m. Adults need to take responsibility for themselves; the change in the drinking laws is a necessary step toward shifting the burden of responsibility from the state to the community. Danny Mermel London In other times, youths used to rebel against society and parents by smoking joints or taking drugs. Nowadays they prefer alcohol. I think the French are quite right: instead of forbidding alcohol consumption or punishing their children for imbibing, parents should try to show that alcohol can be healthful if consumed moderately. Parents should sit down with...
...REBEL SAMURAI: SIXTIES SWORDPLAY CLASSICS...
...this harrowing first novel by Iweala, a 23-year-old recent Harvard grad, a young boy is swept into a pitiless world. In an unnamed West African nation, the boy, called Agu, is seized by a band of rebel soldiers and initiated into their way of life. Soon enough he learns to loot, burn and butcher other humans like a man, all the while struggling not to become a heartbroken monster. He tells his story of unspeakable terror in a halting, not quite comprehending voice that will stay with you for a long time...
...Rebel conservative Republicans and Senate Democrats handed George W. Bush a major defeat Friday, but GOP officials insist it will end up backfiring in next year's mid-term elections. Despite intense pressure from the White House and Senate Republican leadership to extend for 4 to 10 years parts of the USA Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the month and make other parts permanent, civil-liberty-minded opponents of the bill brought it down Friday by sustaining a filibuster. Revelations in Friday's New York Times that the White House had secretly authorized...
...cinematic versions of the evangelical, apocalyptic “Left Behind” series, which often look “in some ways like an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie.”This more indirect approach will soon be present in the Christian video game market as well. Rebel Planet Creations, formed in 2005, plans to release two fantasy role-playing games by the end of next year. Though the company markets itself explicitly as Christian and centers its games on themes like the problem of evil and the possibility of redemption, it avoids any overt mention of Christianity...