Word: rebellion
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...designed to create imperial images that would promote their subjects' fealty. So important were the artworks in buttressing the family's right to rule that Qianlong inspected them all at draft stage. The Manchus had ousted the last Ming Emperor, whose rule was marked by financial bankruptcy and internal rebellion. Kangxi was only 7 in 1662 when he assumed the throne from his father, the first Qing Emperor, who died in a smallpox epidemic. Surviving the contagion (with scars intact, as portraits show), Kangxi worked skillfully to identify himself with both his native tribal culture and the scholarly traditions...
...aura of angst. Never fear, for Jimmy’s life rebounds by the bridge of the song; at least the director has a vague acquaintance with the track, more than can be said for most “story” videos. In an unprecedented display of teenage rebellion, Jimmy runs away from home, but not before scrawling “St. Jimmy” in lipstick on a bathroom wall, cutting his palm with a dirty razor blade, and leaving a bloody handprint underneath. While it may lay claim to higher legitimacy, all “Jesus...
...Snowe broke her toe at home earlier this month. But that didn't stop the wiry Maine moderate from kicking President Bush while he was down last week. Twice, in fact. The Bush team was reeling from Democratic gubernatorial wins in New Jersey and Virginia and a broader G.O.P. rebellion in the House over the President's spending bill. With centrists on a comeback in Washington, Snowe stepped up, drawing attention to the White House's still faltering response to Hurricane Katrina. Bush's Small Business Administration has disbursed just 103 disaster loans to businesses and 1,398 to homeowners...
...would probably be debating the moral qualms of all-male, elitist organizations. I wouldn’t be excited by the prospect of the next garden party or themed event. But I’m not hanging out in public spaces, and I am shamefully psyched for the Boxer Rebellion party. It is not as though I am ignorant to the many complaints that have cropped up against final clubs over the past several years. I listen to the arguments about the injustice in supporting clubs that perpetuate privilege to the detriment of the 90 percent of unwelcome Harvard students...
...French, born and bred in the neighborhoods they were setting ablaze. Their anger spread in an arc across northern Paris, just a few miles from the city's glittering heart, as one desolate neighborhood after another joined in the mayhem. Thousands of police and firemen struggled to douse the rebellion and found themselves inflaming it. In one suburb, four shots, a rarity in France, were fired at the cops. French leaders tried to strike a balance between condemning the violence and seeking to understand it, but they seemed powerless to impose order on the streets. Above all, the rage expressed...