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  1. Anti-party activities. During the trial, Jiang Qing in particular was extremely, defiant , protesting loudly and bursting into tears at some points. She was the only
  2. The verb ndranghitiari, from the Greek andragatizomai, means " to engage in a, defiant ,and valiant attitude ". The first time the word 'Ndrangheta was mentioned
  3. Life. His mother noted that his personality changed dramatically; Cobain became, defiant ,and withdrawn. In a 1993 interview, he elaborated:" I remember feeling ashamed
  4. First interrogated by members of the King's Privy Chamber, where he remained, defiant , When asked by one of the lords what he was doing in possession of so much
  5. There was conflict between the British and the Black Caribs, who were led by, defiant ,Paramount Chief Joseph Chatter. In 1796 British General Sir Ralph Abercrombie
  6. Behaviors (SIB),anxiety, depression,personality disorders, oppositional, defiant , disorder,and conduct disorders. One author reports that a ten-year overview of
  7. Six years old, acquiring a reputation as a gifted and single-minded child—and a, defiant ,brawler. In 1953 the family moved to the suburb of Bradley, where,two years
  8. Would he not walk out of that courtroom head erect, the very apotheosis of, defiant ,hatred and scorn? " Some modern productions take further pains to show how
  9. C. A king warned, chastised and delivered. (ch.4)::: C. A king warned, defiant ,and deposed. (ch.5): :B. Trial in the lions' den and God's deliverance. (
  10. Jimmy is right; they join him, Jenny,and his three friends in singing a new, defiant ,song: If someone walks on, then it’s me, and if someone gets walked on, then
  11. With multiple goals: determining for which side the Village works, remaining, defiant , to its imposed authority, concocting his own plans for escape, learning all he
  12. To the native African population, let alone to grant majority rule. Smith’s, defiant ,response was a Unilateral Declaration of Independence, timed to coincide with
  13. Alive at the stake in Paris on March 18, 1314. De Malay reportedly remained, defiant ,to the end, asking to be tied in such a way that he could face the Notre Dame
  14. To yell for mercy, and the magistrate offers him one final chance. However,the, defiant ,Wallace instead uses the last of his strength to shout," Freedom! " Just as he
  15. Died, the barons passed her over and crowned Henry, leaving the beautiful and, defiant ,princess still imprisoned at Core Castle at Dorset, guarded by Peter de Maulay
  16. Bonaparte (Stager) is urged by his marshals to abdicate, but he refuses, defiant , Upon hearing the surrender of his last army under August Marmot he realizes
  17. Suppressed the overt opposition of the capital. In the Italian Peninsula,the, defiant ,attitude of Popes Gregory II and Gregory III on behalf of image-veneration led
  18. In the wake of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Another notable (and, defiant ,) phrase in the speech was also spoken in German," Lass' she each Berlin
  19. Which during the war had resisted a Prussian siege for over three months. The, defiant ,lion, long and half that in height, displays an emotional quality
  20. Saharan salt, probably as an intentional provocation. When Songhay's answer is, defiant , the sultan declares war and marches his army through the Sahara to Songhai. *
  21. One absorbing object of Henry's desires to secure an annulment. Catherine was, defiant ,when it was suggested that she quietly retire to a nunnery, saying " God never
  22. Song in a strange land? ’ Byrd replied the following year with a setting of the, defiant ,continuation, set,like de Monte's piece, in eight parts and incorporating a
  23. 1871,the National Guard within Paris had become increasingly restive and, defiant ,of the police, the army chief of staff and even their own National Guard
  24. The southern Italian tribes and was often depicted goring the Roman wolf as a, defiant ,symbol of free Italy during the Sanity Wars. Greek historian Dionysus of
  25. Character electrified audiences in much the way that Marlon Brando's, defiant ,stance would startle American film audiences a few years later. The film
  26. Planning significant expansion into the Chinese market at the time. Initially, defiant ,in the face of pressure from Chinese officials, Disney has since distanced
  27. Thorny that Baslim's head is displayed impaled on a pike, but still wearing a, defiant ,grin. As luck would have it, one of the men on Baslim's list is in port. At
  28. Was followed by" I Can't Live Without My Radio" ( Def Jam,1985),a loud, defiant ,declaration of public loyalty to his boom box which the New York Times in 1987
  29. The face with the front of the hand, evoking the way an angry pimp might slap a, defiant ,prostitute (not to be confused with a pimp slap which uses the back of the
  30. Her. Then news arrives of Napoleon's victory at Marengo; Cavaradossi gives a, defiant ," victory" shout before being taken away. Sharia, left with Tosca, proposes a
  31. Crass anti-Semitism of the Christian community's laws. They make the bond in, defiant ,mockery of the Christian establishment, never anticipating that the bond might
  32. Bishops, clergy,and laymen rejected the legality of the new laws, and were, defiant ,in the face of heavier and heavier penalties and imprisonments imposed by
  33. Ever heard. While most men in rock and roll in the 1950s and 1960s portrayed a, defiant ,masculinity, many of Orbison's songs instead conveyed a quiet, desperate
  34. Alarm in England, and in London a patriotic song was performed including the, defiant ,verse:: Lord grant that Marshal Wade: Shall by thy mighty aid: Victory bring:
  35. On his porch carrying a loaded rifle. He causes them to back down, by making a, defiant ,speech telling them about the essential cowardice of" Southern justice ". The
  36. III was able to crush the revolt and embarked on a campaign of crackdown on the, defiant ,aristocratic clans; Ivan Orwell was put to death and the surviving members of
  37. And Judea before the fall of the Achaemenid dynasty. During Seleucid rule, defiant ,Jewish propaganda shaped Aramaic Daniel. These stories probably existed as oral
  38. Him to accept its demands for a constitutional monarchy. He instead remained, defiant ,by attempting to forge an alliance with Scotland and escaping to the Isle of
  39. King of Jerusalem, signed a ten–year truce with Barbara. Edward was initially, defiant , but an attack by a Muslim assassin in June forced him to abandon any further
  40. Shaky, she seemed distracted and jittery, and her attitude was casual, almost, defiant ," and that while Houston was to sing" Over the Rainbow ", she would start
  41. Roger's daughter, emancipated from God Their children * June, Young Jolyon's, defiant ,daughter from his first marriage; engaged to an architect, Philip Rosanna, who
  42. In February 1871 made such fears seem plausible. The population of Paris was, defiant ,in the face of defeat and prepared to fight if the entry of the German army
  43. The warlike spirit of the people they had just encountered seemed so, defiant ,and dangerous in numbers that the Spanish decided not to enter the land. The
  44. Kick of ignoble birth, who had helped George III in his crackdown on the, defiant ,nobility. Yuri proved to be an able soldier, but a difficult person and he soon
  45. N't Get No) Satisfaction ". It also established The Rolling Stones’ image as, defiant ,troublemakers in contrast to The Beatles' " lovable mop top" image. The group
  46. Background in and nostalgia for the U. S. Navy. Plot summary Thorny is a young, defiant ,slave boy recently arrived at a strange planet. He is purchased by an old
  47. Adoptees were twice as likely as non-adopted people to suffer from oppositional, defiant ,disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (with an 8 % rate in the
  48. Regularity when having his own French Masonic credentials declined, he was not, defiant ,and on his own made changes to the O. T. O. to avoid conflict. He inserted
  49. Wrote that Gate House undertook an" escalating series of actions" that were ", defiant ," and" disparaging of women ", in response to Gate members constructing a
  50. Which Professor Steven W. May described as" a, defiant ,lyric without precedent in English Renaissance verse. " Lost fame The poems

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