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defiant and lion
The memorial is best known for an emblematic statue of a defiant lion representing Trumpeldor and his comrades.

defiant and long
The second movement, twice as long as the first, comprises a set of variations on a plaintive, diatonic theme played on the oboe, which provides strong contrast to the defiant coda of the first movement.

defiant and half
Roughly half the children with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ) have oppositional defiant disorder ( ODD ).
Harvey had played what many observers thought was the greatest innings of his life, a defiant, unbeaten 92, exactly half of the Australian innings of 184 in which no other batsmen reached 15.

defiant and displays
Megan displays defiant tendencies, such as spray-painting " Joe Sucks " on his garage door when he told her to paint the garage.

defiant and emotional
* On August 26, 2005, Canadian federal cabinet ministers remained defiant and unwavered in response to remarks by U. S. Ambassador David Wilkins comments to stop the " emotional tirades " in the softwood lumber dispute.

defiant and quality
Alongside its subject matter, the production quality of the track received equal acclaim, with Garry Mulholland of The Observer chronicling it as " towering inferno of martial beats, fathoms-deep chain gang backing chants, a defiant children's choir, gospel wails, and sizzling orchestral breaks.

defiant and which
Another notable ( and defiant ) phrase in the speech was also spoken in German, " Lass ' sie nach Berlin kommen " (" Let them come to Berlin ")-- addressed at those who claimed " we can work with the Communists ", a remark which Nikita Khrushchev scoffed at only days later.
A range of developmental disorders that initially occur in childhood may be diagnosed, for example autism spectrum disorders, oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ( ADHD ), which may continue into adulthood.
In Mecca, the Hanbali mufti, Ibn Humaydi, perceived Ibn ʿAbd al-Wahhab to be a poor student, and arrogant and defiant with his teachers, which upset his father.
As early as 1576, Edward de Vere was writing about this subject in his poem Loss of Good Name, which Professor Steven W. May described as " a defiant lyric without precedent in English Renaissance verse.
Alone, he struggles 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 can about the Village and subverting its operation.
In the original sense, a bitch slap is a powerful, full-swing slap in 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 hand ).
Furthermore, the defiant and rebellious culture encouraged before the seizure of power had to give way to a community organization approach such as canvassing and fundraising, which was resented by the SA as Kleinarbeit, " little work ," which had normally been performed by women before the seizure of power.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, she appeared in many television films including a memorable Duchess of York in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Richard II ( 1978 ), the irascible Edwardian Oxford academic in Miss Morrison's Ghosts ( 1981 ) and the BBC dramatizations of Julian Gloag's Only Yesterday ( 1986 ) and the Vita Sackville-West novel All Passion Spent ( 1986 ), in which she was the quietly defiant Lady Slane.
Robin Richardson, an original member of the Commission on British Muslims and Islamophobia, at a 2009 symposium on " Islamophobia and Religious Discrimination ", said that " the disadvantages of the term Islamophobia are significant " on seven different grounds, including that it implies it is merely a " severe mental illness " affecting " only a tiny minority of people "; that use of the term makes those to whom it is applied " defensive and defiant " and absolves the user of " the responsibility of trying to understand them " or trying to change their views ; that it implies that hostility to Muslims is divorced from factors such as skin color, immigrant status, fear of fundamentalism, or political or economic conflicts ; that it conflates prejudice against Muslims in one's own country with dislike of Muslims in countries with which the West is in conflict ; that it fails to distinguish between people who are against all religion from people who dislike Islam specifically ; and that the actual issue being described is hostility to Muslims, " an ethno-religious identity within European countries ", rather than hostility to Islam.
A leading example of the new school sound is the song " I Can't Live Without My Radio ", a loud, defiant declaration of public loyalty to his boom box, which The New York Times described as " quintessential rap in its directness, immediacy and assertion of self ".
Hunter quickly obliged with a sarcastic and defiant letter on 23 June 1862, in which he delivered a stern reminder to the Congress of his authority as a commanding officer in a war zone:
Defeated but defiant Hisahide committed suicide, he ordered his head destroyed to prevent it becoming a trophy ( in which his son, Matsunaga Kojiro grabbed Hisahide's head and jumped off the castle wall with his sword through his throat ) and also destroyed a priceless tea kettle ( Hiragumo ) that Nobunaga coveted before he died.
According to a WikiLeaks diplomatic cable in which the U. S. ambassador there described Afewerki as " unhinged ," " cruel and defiant ," Aferwerki announced in May 2008 that elections would be postponed for " three or four decades " or longer because they " polarize society.
The album, released on 8 April 1991, displayed a new image to her audience: more mature, more confident, with very short hair and a more defiant attitude ( as evidenced in the videos for " Désenchantée " and particularly " Je t ' aime mélancolie ", in which Farmer plays a professional boxer fighting a male opponent ).
Though Heaven is " more thoughtful, proceeds more deliberately, than the mercurial haste " of Tykwer's films, " it contains the same sort of defiant romanticism, in which a courageous woman tries to alter her fate by sheer willpower.
In the same year, however, the University of Tartu in Estonia, which had a very distinguished tradition of Oriental Studies and Hebrew, had opened, pushed by the local scholars and supported, i. a., by Albert Einstein-a new Institute of Jewish Studies – a remarkable and defiant feat for 1933, even for an independent country like Estonia proud of its minority rights laws.
The climax is a defiant call for the union to strike, which brought the entire opening night audience to its feet.
Of the other technicians, Phipps is scared but defiant of the invaders while Locke actively tries to contact Earth and explain the situation, for which he is killed.
During a school assembly to hear their speeches, after Tracy draws only polite applause and Paul gets a strong reaction, Tammy delivers a defiant speech in which she denounces the election and that she will dissolve the student government if elected.
The checklist includes 93 discrete behaviours, many of which either overlap with other disorders, like conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder, or are not related to attachment difficulties.
He averaged 40 with the ball for the series, which some commentators have put down to having to bowl longer spells than he was accustomed to at the time, but was retained, in part because of his defiant batting which yielded runs at an average of 26. 33.

defiant and would
He responded with a defiant letter published by The Tombstone Epitaph, stating he would not bow to threats from the rabble of the city.
In fact, while Jack Warner was selling the studio to Seven Arts, he would have had the film dumped but for the fact that Israel, of whom Warner was a major supporter, had scored a triumphant victory in the Seven Days War, and he was in too defiant a mood to sell any of his studio's films.
Gibbon Wakefield, who had resigned from the company in disgust after its 1846 financial arrangement with the British government, remained defiant to the end, declaring in 1852 that had the company been left alone it would have paid a dividend, recouped its capital " and there would now be 200, 000 settlers in New Zealand ".
The defiant Ida replies that, although Hilarion saved her life and is fair, strong, and tall, she would rather die than be his bride ( To yield at once to such a foe ).
Shankly was characteristically defiant whenever Everton got the better of Liverpool and, although he liked and respected everyone connected with Everton, would always talk up Liverpool at Everton's expense.
Héctor, defiant to the end and knowing that it would be one of the last times he would perform in Puerto Rico, decided, against the promoter's wishes, to perform in front of the public who had paid to see the now canceled concert.
" Shylock's fatal flaw is to depend on the law, but " would he not walk out of that courtroom head erect, the very apotheosis of defiant hatred and scorn?
Forbes had warned them that if they ignored his invitation to resign voluntarily, they would be dismissed, a warning that provoked a defiant reaction from Christian.
As the rise of grunge began to phase punk and hardcore out of the Northwest underground by the late 1980s, Perry set out to start a band that stood in defiant contrast to the shoegazing attitude of alternative rock, showcasing high energy dance music and Zappa-esque theatricality in an attempt to create something that an audience would react to viscerally instead of passively.
On 6 January 1978, Vietnamese forces were only 38 kilometers ( 24 mi ) from Phnom Penh ; however, the Kampuchean government remained defiant and the Vietnamese leadership realised they would not secure their political objective and decided to withdraw their troops.
Seeing this act as a move toward the complete subjugation of China, a defiant Chiang gave a formal reply in which he said that Stilwell must be replaced immediately and he would welcome any other qualified U. S. general to fill Stilwell's position.

defiant and later
He is overcome by Aeneas, but remains defiant and fearless unto his death, not begging for mercy as Turnus later does, but simply asking that he be buried with his son.
Tutberidze remained defiant and later accused the church of co-operation with the KGB under Soviet rule.
In fact, only about 25 % of children with oppositional defiant disorder will receive a later diagnosis of conduct disorder.
He was later incarcerated in the Mercer County Correctional Center and was tried for defiant trespass.
The butcher later goes fishing and is defiant when Lecter turns up to request an apology.

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