Word: rebellion
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Concern with national dignity was not the only reason for this view. Japanese officials were always afraid that foreign ideas would turn the heads of common people toward rebellion. Science, Christianity, liberalism, democracy - these were all very interesting objects of study for the Elite and if you picked and chose carefully, some of these ideas might serve as useful tools to build a more modern, more powerful nation. But in the wrong hands, they could pose great dangers. Before you knew it, people might start demanding more liberties, as indeed at various times they did. That is why the more...
Ironically enough, their song “Crazy” contained the line “evil wears a three-piece suit.” The speeches continued to be tame and very politically correct. Rehearsed rebellion and repeated kowtowing to the corporate sponsors made me wonder if the independent movement was in danger of being absorbed by the machine. Holmes even plugged the drink Red Bull at one point during the program. Hey, whatever it takes to stay awake...
When the unnamed disciple remarked on the size of the Temple stones, Jesus replied that "not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down." He was right. After one last rebellion, in A.D. 135, the Romans leveled Jerusalem, leaving only the bald platform behind. The city, of course, rose again and fell again, was conquered and reconquered...
...Comix," as a word and concept, first appeared in the mid-1960s, and described a radical new subgenre of black-and-white, adult-oriented, "underground" comic books. The appearance of these books coincided with an entire cultural atmosphere of rebellion and self-declaration that encouraged such renaming. Even the choice of the "x" over "ks," for example, seems tied in with the radicalism of Malcolm X and resurgence of Karl Marx...
...commanders in Kosovo have declined to condemn the insurgency, and a radical Kosovo leader last week claimed solidarity with the new group. Moreover, the hit-and-run attacks on police outposts closely resemble K.L.A. tactics during the Kosovo conflict. The guerrillas could be eager to foment a rebellion in order to fuel extremism across the region, or they could simply be hoping to force the government into political concessions...