Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...understand this lack of response, we must seek to comprehend why Eric Nelson holds Islamic "fundamentalism" to be a danger warranting the sacrifice of his own valued democratic principles. Nelson boldly generalizes, "Almost as a rule, these Islamic revolutions turn to tyranny and terror...". Neither Algeria nor Turkey, examples of Islamic fundamentalism cited by Nelson, were "revolutions" that overturned the existing order; in fact, the Refah, a Turkish Islamic party, operated willingly and effectively within the existing democratic system. Algeria descended into chaos because the world looked on and allowed the suppression of democratic results, not because of the Islamic...
...most recent example. Already, countries as diverse as Algeria and Turkey have embraced Islamic zealotry, and one cannot doubt that more are to follow--all this under the watchful eye of an aspiring and frightening power, Iran. Almost as a rule, these Islamic revolutions turn to tyranny and terror, creating countries that are belligerent and hostile to their neighbors and placed in direct, sometimes armed opposition to the expanse of earth they call "the West...
...latest mood swing. Many mental illnesses once thought to be purely psychological conditions--among them schizophrenia, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and ocd--turn out to be caused by specific chemical imbalances. Those who suffer from them are racked not by toilet-training traumas or the "unceasing terror and tension of the fetal night" (as an early psychoanalyst put it) but by something as simple--and complex--as an imperfectly mixed chemical cocktail. The Oedipus complex has been reduced to a matter of molecules...
...Jingles? Say, isn't that a dangerously silly name for a character taking part in a bold exercise in terror? Especially when he's a cute widdle mousey? Well, Stephen King's The Green Mile is an unusual book, and not just because it is being published serially, in 19th century fashion, with the first installment having hit bookstores in March and new volumes following monthly. As risky as any publishing venture that involves Stephen King's name in almost 200-point type--which is to say not so risky at all--The Green Mile has become a publishing sensation...
...surprised to discover his fascination with bodily fluids other than blood (a bladder infection and a trouser wetting are key plot points). But the real shocker is that The Green Mile, with its doomed pet mouse and weepy, tender-hearted cons, is less a bold exercise in terror than a queer exercise in pathos...