Word: revolting
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...month general strike by Palestinian Arabs is followed by full-scale nationalist rebellion against British authority and Jewish settlers; the revolt is ended by a White Paper restricting Jewish immigration...
Barenboim Conducts Elgar's Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat, Opus 63 (London Phil harmonic Orchestra, Columbia; $5.98). Wildly famous in his day, the stately, sunlit tonal landscapes of Sir Edward Elgar withered before the 20th century's neoclassic revolt. Elgar died nearly forgotten in 1934. In this stylish reading of the E-flat symphony Daniel Barenboim takes a fresh look at the elegant Edwardian, holding a course of gentle restraint against an exuberance of leaping octaves and rolling timpani. Barenboim reclaims the Elgar grandeur without losing any of the buoyancy that captivated 19th century audiences...
...most academics are too sublimating, is Kott too abominating? Characteristically he keeps his intellectual balance on the brink of nihilism by reaching out, not to Aristotle but to a Resistance fighter named Albert Camus. In paraphrase of Camus, Kott writes: "Prometheus' greatness is his revolt without hope." Like a banner he majestically raises Camus' fine and all-important distinction: "Being deprived of hope is not despairing." No 20th century margin shaver could come closer to making Sophocles a contemporary. Melvin Maddocks
...with a bad habit she deserves. She is caught right up in the screen, wrapped up in it, when suddenly it stumbles. Something smells crooked, a bit dirty. She hasn't asked for much, but when she gets less dressed up as more she sets her instincts loose in revolt. The Big Shots have not only spoiled her fun, they have insulted...
...other words, since social conditions are bad and will probably become worse, the United States must suppress revolt...