Word: revoltingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...there was a twist. Rather than inveighing against traditionalism, as radicals are supposed to do, Glass was in revolt against radicalism itself: the overintellectualized and emotionally arid music that had dominated contemporary composition for decades. By writing in a deceptively simple, joyously propulsive new style that came to be called minimalism, he hoped to restore the historic bond between composer and listener. Unlikely as it seemed, while bouncing along the potholed streets of Manhattan or dodging the drunks in his chosen neighborhood of New York City's Lower East Side, Glass was confidently engaged in the most stimulating musical revolution...
That power struggle took a bizarre turn two weeks ago. Joginder Singh, 83, the father of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, the firebrand who had led the revolt for an independent Sikh state before he died in the army attack on the Golden Temple, suddenly announced the formation of a nine-member ad hoc committee to run Sikh affairs. Joginder Singh's selection of a number of extremists as members of the new group indicated that the action was an attempt to supersede more moderate leadership of the movement...
Syrian determination to impose a settlement of the continuing civil war in Lebanon was also in evidence last week. Under intense pressure from Damascus, the Lebanese Forces, a 6,000-strong Christian militia, replaced its commander, Samir Geagea, with Elias Hobeika. Geagea had instigated a revolt last March against President Amin Gemayel, accusing him of doing Syria's bidding. Geagea's downfall was marked by intense fighting in Beirut along the "green line" dividing the Christian and the predominantly Muslim sectors. Hobeika is the man who led the Phalangists into the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps south of Beirut...
...Christian side, the standoff continued between President Amin Gemayel, who is a Maronite Christian, and the Christian officers who have seized control of the combined militias long dominated by the Gemayel family. From the beginning of the revolt two weeks ago, the rebels' anger is believed to have been directed at Gemayel for transferring his loyalty from Israel to Syria. The rebels insisted last week that they thought Gemayel was too autocratic in presuming to be both leader of the Christian community and President of Lebanon. They proposed the creation of a special council that would serve as a parliament...
...great power for reasons of realpolitik. In both Salvador and Nicaragua, the governments say their opponents are puppets of different imperialisms. In neither case does the charge stick. Consider Nicaragua. As no less a democrat than Arturo Cruz, leader of the (nonviolent) opposition, writes, the contras--"the revolt of Nicaraguans against oppression by other Nicaraguans"--now represent an authentic "social movement." Indeed, they are more than 12,000 strong and growing, even after the cutoff of American...