Word: rebellion
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...United States is serious about reducing its dependence on Middle East oil, its best prospect is this unassuming Caspian nation, which could hold the key for our future in oil and natural gas. But more importantly, if Georgia continues on its current track of escalating infighting and rebellion, it will surely become a haven for terrorist groups, attracted by the weak law enforcement and rich resources—a situation no one in the world can afford...
...Captain Nathan Algren in 1876, he's a wreck, drinking heavily to drown his memories of massacring Indians on the American frontier, lost in despairing cynicism. Then he's recruited to help train a modern army in Japan, the chief function of which is to put down a samurai rebellion against the new, dishonorable, Westernizing ways that his army symbolizes. In the first, brilliantly staged fight, Algren is captured by the samurai and sequestered for a long winter in their remote village, where there's nothing much to do but learn the harsh yet entirely admirable samurai code...
...inspirational foreman here was Eastwood. "Clint's vibe is very productive," Penn says. "He's not the director as disapproving father. Clint is the approving rascal, older-brother father. You are not inclined toward useless rebellion with him, unless you just want to see him laugh...
...North Korea is obviously showing off its nuclear weapons to terrorize the world into giving in to its demands. However, due to ill-treatment, the people will almost cetainly feel dicontented with the government, and rebellion will only come sooner or later. The U.S. should send in spies and agents to instigate the people to rebel. If rebellion and a invasion from the South takes place at the same time, the regime would surely fall. Constance Lum Singapore...
Where this thing for thongs comes from is obvious: Britney, Beyonce, The Real World, even PG movies like Freaky Friday. When a 12-year-old wears a thong, "it's not about rebellion against adults," says child therapist Ron Taffel, author of The Second Family: How Adolescent Power Is Challenging the American Family (St. Martin's Press; 2001). In Taffel's view, the adult establishment has become too weak and weary to inspire rebellion. Getting thongs or tattoos or body piercings, he argues, is actually a "statement to other kids that they are part of this very, very intense, powerful...