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Word: rocke (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...next two hours police chased the agile, cursing demonstrators around the 30-acre Temple Mount and through the narrow, winding streets of Jerusalem's Old City. Protesters, tourists and the police themselves choked on the cloud of tear gas that enshrouded the golden Dome of the Rock, the ciborium that stands on the site from which the Prophet Muhammad is said to have ascended to heaven on a white horse. At one point, after a police officer was beaten, his comrades chased a group of demonstrators into al-Aqsa mosque itself, normally off limits to any military personnel. The fearsome...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East In the Eye Of a Revolt | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...might have expected an explosion of youthful anger by glancing at the occupied territories' demographic development. Out of a population of 1.4 million, more than half are 20 years old or under and have lived their entire lives under occupation. The potential rock throwers -- those between 15 and 25 -- number 300,000. Poor, idle, infected with frustration, this embittered generation has little faith that its elders, including those who run the Arab states and the P.L.O., still have the will to remove the yoke of Israeli occupation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East In the Eye Of a Revolt | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...Rock- throwing mobs continue their frenzied attacks as bewildered security forces wonder what to do next. In the most inflammatory incident yet, police attack demonstrators on the sacred grounds of Jerusalem' s Temple Mount. -- Five Central American leaders meet in Costa Rica and give peace another chance. -- A dynasty ends with the death of Taiwan' s President Chiang Ching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page January 25, 1988 | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

Skinheads may look like refugees from the punk- rock scene, but they are emerging as the kiddie corps of the neo- Nazi movement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page January 25, 1988 | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

...happening. Upstart groups like the Godfathers, the Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction, and Gay Bikers on Acid are harking back to the brash activism and overheated playing of the late-'70s Clash era. In Hull, 150 miles north of the London scene, the Housemartins are purveying a pared-down rock with simple instrumentation and lots of political power heard to excellent effect on their most recent album, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death. "In the north," reports Paul Heaton, Housemartins founder, co-songwriter and lead singer, "there aren't that many bands that can afford syndrums, synthesizers, brass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Tunes for The New Ice Age | 1/25/1988 | See Source »

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