Word: rioted
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...cultural context of Paris in 1913, the context of the Russian Ballet, the context of the ballet within the program of the evening…It was deliberately ‘primitive’ and ethnographic, and Diaghilev hoped it would shock. The Rite was positioned for a riot.”Perhaps most relevant to the “ingénue” America was Diaghilev’s fateful acquisition of a new, young choreographer named George Balanchine, who would later come to America and revolutionize ballet with the founding of the School of American Ballet...
Then again, he recently devoted a "War Room" episode to gaming out an American economic collapse in 2014 - the result of debt and high taxes - including the rise of "Mad Max" militias and civil unrest. Because if anything spells laff riot, it's the breakdown of lawful society! Whether Beck is stirring up frightening social currents or just playing in them, his material and its resonance are deadly serious...
...Thursday. Asked if Obama had complicated the activists' message, Roel Stynen, 28, a Belgian philosophy graduate from the organization Vredesactie (Peace Action), answered, "Yes, definitely. The Belgian government has said as much, that it was a lot easier to refuse requests from Bush." The demonstrators hurled their bottles at riot police in central Strasbourg on Thursday afternoon before being dispersed by tear gas. Some things have not changed. While activists may take comfort in the arrival of the usual suspects to protest at the NATO summit, it won't help delegates find a sense of common purpose for the next...
...ineptitude. It seems crazy, the argument goes, that if Brown can get Nas and Of Montreal for their Spring Weekend, Harvard must settle for Third Eye Blind and Gavin DeGraw (and when given the opportunity to host Girl Talk, the Yard was left with little music and a near-riot). However, the CEB and the HCC, which are, together, in charge of selecting the Yardfest artists, say that such frustrated sentiments are built upon a fundamental misunderstanding of the selection process. Most importantly, while Brown will charge as much as $50 for their Spring Weekend, Yardfest is free and open...
...price of food keeps rising too fast it could prompt widespread social unrest. The pensions of millions of retired Russians continues to hover below the poverty line and thousands of workers are losing their jobs. At a Communist rally in central Moscow in late February, the increased number of riot police detailed to monitor proceedings was telling of the government's growing fears...