Word: rebellion
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...white boy disproportionately rewarded for mastering a black art form--he earned critical cred with brilliant, gymnastic rhymes. But his lyrics, dripping with hate for women and gays, made parents reel, gave pop-culture-bashing pols a poster boy and posed critics a conundrum: Where does new-school rebellion stop and old-school bigotry begin...
Still doing holiday shopping but want an alternative to stepping into mall madness and tackling commercial clutter? Consider a trip to Manhattan's downtown. New York's East Village has a history of anarchy, counterculture and edginess. In keeping with the neighborhood tradition of rebellion, a group of nine entrepreneurs recently formed the Designers of the East Village Association or, simply, DEVA...
...WORST: Eminem's misogyny and gay baiting. Eminem is talented, but his attacks on women and gays poison his rap. Artists should have free speech, and rebellion in pop is a good thing. But attacking women and gays isn't rebellious, it's archaic. One fears that fans and mainstream critics may admire Eminem because he's giving voice to their prejudices...
...Flynn Boyle had flings with Jack Nicholson, Bruce Willis, and Harrison Ford back to back. Can we say Father Fetish?...Britney Spears got her nipples pierced. Sigh. So predictable....As soon as I get my job, I'm going to chop my hair off and go platinum both in rebellion against corporate culture and in celebration of blonde nymphets. I don't think La Flamme will do the trick. E-mail me with your favorite stylists...Since I am supposed to be cutting-edge, I flouted a green sports vest and matching pants to lunch the other...
...both sides in the trial the stakes were high. For the Names it was a last-ditch effort to prevent Lloyd's from extracting some $75 million it claimed was still owed in underwriting losses. These "dissident" Names are what remains of an investors' rebellion against Lloyd's cash calls in the late '80s and early '90s as the asbestos and other losses totaling $12 billion started feeding into the system. Back in 1996, 95% of Lloyd's 34,000 Names agreed to a settlement offered by Lloyd's called Reconstruction and Renewal (R&R), which enabled them...