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  1. The ceasefire, the lull was sporadically violated by other groups, sometimes in, defiance ,of Hamas. For example, on June 24 Islamic Jihad launched rockets at the Israeli
  2. Artist, whose impetuous, passionate and rebellious nature, as well as his, defiance ,of formal aesthetic and social conventions, may ultimately prove to be
  3. The Treaty and in January–June 1922,their discontent developed into open, defiance ,of the elected civilian Provisional government of Ireland. Anti-treaty writer
  4. Britain in late 1940,but Winston Churchill, standing alone, was dogged in his, defiance , Churchill had major financial, military,and diplomatic help from President
  5. Numerous examples exist of Rommel's chivalry towards Allied POWs, such as his, defiance ,of Hitler's infamous Commando Order following the capture of Lt. Roy Woodridge
  6. To appear in U. S. district court, the protests turned into full-scale, defiance ,of federal authority known as the Whiskey Rebellion. The federal army was too
  7. Of the country remained occupied until the spring of 1945. In the face of Dutch, defiance ,the Nazis deliberately cut off food supplies resulting in near-starvation in
  8. By the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) and broke into open revolt in, defiance ,of the Revolutionary government's military (royalist rebels). After the
  9. All the neighboring nations. It was strongly fortified on every side, bidding, defiance , to every enemy. One popular verse is 3:5," Behold, I am against thee, saith
  10. Withdrawn from England and diplomatic relations with Rome were broken off. In, defiance ,of the Pope the Church of England was now under Henry’s control, not Rome's.
  11. Separate voting booth without any secrecy. The consequences for such an act of, defiance ,were severe—loss of one's job or expulsion from school, and close surveillance
  12. Third of the Catholic parishes were without a priest. In the face of systematic, defiance , the Bismarck government increased the penalties and its attacks, and were
  13. Anarchist currents emphasize individual subjective exploration and, defiance ,of social conventions. Individualist anarchist philosophy attracted" amongst
  14. On the consequences of political inaction and exhorting his comrades to heroic, defiance , as in one of his 'ship of state' allegories. Commenting on Antaeus as a
  15. As a rallying point and symbolic act of rebellion than a practical act of, defiance , Shortly after the storming of the Bastille, on 4 August feudalism was
  16. American garrison from Fort Mountie to Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, in, defiance , of the power of the new Confederate States of America. Good heart argues this
  17. In the selection of the hierarchy. All kings supported King John of England’s, defiance ,of Pope Innocent III ninety years after the Concordat of Worms in the matter
  18. Rights of black South Africans, as well as calling for strikes, boycotts,and, defiance , This led to a later Defiance Campaign in the 1950s,a mass movement of
  19. This resistance involved a wide range of acts of non-cooperation and, defiance ,: this was followed by a period in which the Czechoslovak Communist Party
  20. And spoke out against the corruptions he saw in the Church; his continued, defiance ,led to his excommunication and condemnation by the Council of Constance, which
  21. Symbols (such as the crucifix),and downplayed the role of sermons in, defiance ,of a key Protestant belief. In terms of public policy she favored pragmatism
  22. Disagreement on the relative importance of assimilation versus cultural, defiance , According to German hip hop enthusiast 9@home,Advanced Chemistry is part of a
  23. Of sin: *Pasha — an" intentional sin "; an action committed in deliberate, defiance ,of God *Avon — a" sin of lust or uncontrollable emotion ". It is a sin done
  24. Preacher who died in PNA custody, turning the ceremony into a rare show of, defiance ,against President Mahmoud Abbas. On August 14, 2009 Hamas fighters stormed the
  25. Evidence about the disaster. An enraged Holt interrupted St John's speech, in, defiance , of the parliamentary convention that maiden speeches are heard in silence; his
  26. Revolutionary. Until measures of forcible confiscation, through the State or in, defiance ,of it, shall have abolished the concentrations that monopoly has created, the
  27. Of Cologne. Abbots more and more assumed almost episcopal state, and in, defiance ,of the prohibition of early councils and the protests of St Bernard and others
  28. Of Oliver Cromwell decided to crop their hair close to their head, as an act of, defiance ,to the curls and ringlets of the king's men. This led to the Parliamentary
  29. Against a wall and allows riders to be elevated above the machine's floor in, defiance ,of Earth's gravity. Nevertheless, all of these systems can also be described
  30. Chaplin's first talking picture, The Great Dictator (1940),was an act of, defiance ,against Nazism. It was filmed and released in the United States one year before
  31. Punk rock was noisily reclaiming the three-minute pop song in a show of public, defiance , Bowie almost completely abandoned traditional rock instrumentation. " Bowie's
  32. Force for an advance into the Middle East was insoluble. ... Rommel's repeated, defiance ,of his orders and attempts to advance beyond a reasonable distance from his
  33. Book From Israel to Damascus that Hobart ordered the massacre of civilians in, defiance ,of Israeli instructions to behave like a" dignified" army. The investigative
  34. The flag was believed to have been sewn by Anastasia Hayes. As a gesture of, defiance , it deliberately excluded the British Union Flag, which is included in the
  35. Per se. Nevertheless, as recorded in the Tanaka (" Old Testament" Bible),in, defiance ,of the Torah's teachings, the patron god YHWH was frequently worshiped in
  36. See what appears to be a single huge, spiked fist thrusting towards the sky in, defiance , The tower is so large that it can comfortably contain stables, barracks
  37. Barbara Ritchie, who allegedly waved the American flag out of her home in, defiance ,of Stonewall Jackson's march through the city during the Civil War. Ritchie
  38. A one-sided presentation of the evidence, they voted against conviction, in, defiance , of their party and public opinion. President John F. Kennedy discusses this in
  39. In spite of Athena, but he said that he would escape the dangers of the sea in, defiance ,of the immortals. In punishment for this presumption, Poseidon split the rock
  40. By His Hair" from the 1998 WORMWOOD album by The Residents recounts Absalom's, defiance ,and death. Also performed on Roadworks (The Berlin Sessions) and Wormwood
  41. A gothic ideology is goth's generally apolitical nature. While individual, defiance ,of social norms was socially risky in the 19th century, today it is far less
  42. The African-American students as they entered school on September 25, 1957. In, defiance ,of federal court orders to integrate, the governor and city of Little Rock
  43. They still married brother to sister in the ancient Valerian tradition in, defiance ,of the Faith's teachings) and Westeros customs, and within a few decades had
  44. Thus, he succeeded to the throne of England, guaranteeing his succession in, defiance ,of William and Robert's earlier agreement. Henry was accepted as king by the
  45. Thousands of people in Melbourne turned out to condemn the authorities, in, defiance , of their mayor and some Legislative Councillors, who tried to rally support for
  46. Whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and, defiance ,of despair. " *" God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance. "
  47. And thereafter to Windsor Castle. In January 1649,in response to Charles ', defiance ,of Parliament even after defeat, and his encouraging the second Civil War while
  48. Content with years of disobedience and unworthy conduct, are now showing open, defiance , " (Citadel of Faith, p.87) And in 1953: *" Treacherous Ruhr Adnan, not
  49. Is described as being seen by some as a symbol for France's independence and, defiance ,of globalization. Despite this, Asterix has made several promotional
  50. Down. To her frustration, he made little progress and returned to England in, defiance ,of her orders. He was replaced by Charles Blunt, Lord Mount joy, who took three

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