Word: rebellion
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...food crisis today is described by some futurologists in apocalyptic terms. Some kind of black death or brown is imminent. Famine, starvation, rebellion occur; the synthesis of progress based on energy, trade, and capital is broken by new (old) resource imperialisms, expropriations and capital shortages with rising costs of debt. We despair of the conditions for living...
...sense of coercion. Encouragement for an individual line, even if I never mentioned the name of its author, still caused discouragement. A kid was bright enough to know that if didn't like them. Some, when asked to write a poem refused out right, and others expressed their rebellion in the wish-poems...
Boudin noted that a pardon had been granted during the Civil War for offenses specifically relating to the Confederate rebellion but that the Nixon pardon did not specify any type of offense...
...Hanoi, where he audaciously attacked U.S. policies in the capital of the enemy. Before Watergate erupted, he lashed out at the Nixon Administration's anticrime and wiretapping policies. He defended the Rev. Philip Berrigan in his conspiracy trial. He allowed Herbert Blyden, a leader in the Attica rebellion, to second his nomination for the Senate at the state Democratic convention. By recently flying to Cuba to chat with Fidel Castro, Javits may have won back some of the deserting liberals. But to maintain his narrowing lead, he must hope that moderates and conservatives in both parties distrust Clark enough...
...Patriots. Though Herron led the league in kickoff returns and return yardage last season, the team ran up a discouraging record of 5-9. But this fall Head Coach Chuck Fairbanks put Herron in the starting backfield, made a few other adjustments, and suddenly Boston was the cradle of rebellion against the N.F.L.'s reigning powers. The Pats opened the season by trouncing the champion Dolphins, beat the Giants and for an encore knocked off the powerful Rams. Going into last weekend, the Pats stood tall as the only undefeated team in the league's American Conference...