Word: tumult
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...shamelessly been flirting with, utilizing all of the several Amharic words I know.Welcome to the absurd world of African Studies, where I have at least three times in a weekend found myself in rooms with all-white audiences—these pale dozens mulling over the endless tumult of the least-developed continent.It is all a good deal of fun. The playful banter of unrestrained whiteys who have a serious, but not vested, interest in Africa lends itself to chat that would be verboten continent-side. The portly President of Tanzania has, for instance, been an object of singular ridicule...
...officially on holiday but politically on edge as President Bush returns Monday night from Asia to the White House. Still struggling in the polls, Bush has a full week and a Thanksgiving holiday to lower the political temperature before politicians return to the capital. After last week's tumult and partisan drama on Capitol Hill, Bush might be thankful that the lawmakers' November recess has arrived like the clang of the bell mercifully terminating a middle round in a heavyweight slugfest. Instead of irate, uppercutting critics, awaiting him in Washington are a stack of budget bills primped...
...just about eight months, and a new government is expected to be elected on Dec. 15. But his experience is both a harbinger of and a template for the travails of Iraq, as well as a once and future job description for how to deal with fractiousness and tumult. The elections are unlikely to provide any party with a governing majority, forcing contending groups to compromise once more and produce the kind of jigsaw Cabinet that has proved not to work so far. The new Prime Minister is likely to discover that he must act as al-Jaafari...
...book, he explores the resonance between Shakespeare’s portrayal of Jewish characters—most famously Shylock—and English attitudes toward Jews in the 16th and 17th century. Just as the anti-Semitism of the era is reflected in Shylock’s character, the tumult of 1599 can be seen in Shakespeare’s works from that year. Political unrest gripped England, as the aging Queen received threats of assassination without an apparent heir. And the military, led by the doomed Earl of Essex, mobilized in response to rebellions in Ireland. These unsettling events...
...marks a generational shift in German politics. Young voters who once were worried about social issues say they are far more concerned about reviving Germany's stagnant economy. As a result, German leaders like Schröder and his Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, who came of age during the social tumult of the 1960s, are giving way to a younger, more conservative crowd. Says Michael Naumann, a former Cabinet minister under Schröder: "The torch is being passed...