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Their and rebellion
Their expressed standards concerning sex roles, desirable age for marriage, characteristics of an ideal mate, number of children desired are congruent with the values and stereotypes of the preceding generation -- minus compulsive rebellion.
Their Fall was thus not a full-blown rebellion but rather a childish spat, a desire to grow up before their time and have everything with immediacy.
Their attempts, however, were reduced by rebellion against the rules committee and formation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Their brief armed rebellion in 1837 failed.
Their rebellion was crushed by Han general Ma Yuan ( d. 49 CE ) in a campaign from 42 – 43 CE.
* Their live music video, " The Denton Polka ", appears on the " Bohemia Rising DVD Compilation " ( released in 2009 ), a collection of documentary shorts directed by Christopher Largen exploring rebellion and resistance to corporate demolition in their hometown of Denton, Texas.
Their objective was to stall Russian military intervention in support of the Greeks, in order to give the Ottomans time to defeat the rebellion, which Metternich was convinced they were capable of doing.
Their purpose was to secure the strategic heights of Cap Diamant against the Americans and to serve as a refuge for the British garrison in the event of attack or rebellion.
Their body parts were then displayed around the village to discourage others from rebellion against the King.
Their plans, made with recommendations from Howe, called for the abandonment of Boston and the establishment of bases in New York and Newport, Rhode Island in an attempt to isolate the rebellion to New England.
Their leader, Jemmy ( referred to in some reports as " Cato ", and probably a slave belonging to the Cato, or Cater, family who lived just off the Ashley River and north of the Stono River ) was a literate slave who led 20 other enslaved Kongolese, who may have been former soldiers, in an armed march south from the Stono River ( for which the rebellion is named ).
Their corrupt rule also brought a rebellion by the Incas under Manco Inca Yupanqui, who began to fight for equal rights and demanded freedom from harsh Spanish rule.
Their appearance has changed over the years ; the nun motif remains the same, but it has been joined with exaggerated make-up that accentuates the rebellion against gender roles and religion.
Their one act of collective rebellion happens in " Mother's Day ", when they try and stop her robot rampage against humanity, by re-uniting her with her long-lost love, Hubert J. Farnsworth, to quench her bitterness.
Their rebellion was based on the political philosophy of republicanism, as expressed by pamphleteers, such as Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Paine.
Their greatest stronghold remained in Bahrain, which at this period included much of eastern Arabia as well as the islands that comprise the present state, was under Abbasid control at the end of the ninth century, but a slave rebellion in Basra disrupted the power of Baghdad.
Their leader, Petro Doroshenko, wanted to connect the rest of Ukraine with the Ottoman Empire, starting a rebellion against Hetman ( Polish army commander ) John III Sobieski.
Their mission is to advance into the heart of the Holy Desert Raraku, the very heart of the rebellion known as the Whirlwind, and destroy Sha ' ik and her forces once and for all.
Their expeditions were characterised by what modern historian Padraig Lenihan has called, ' excessive and indiscriminate brutality ' against the general Catholic population there and helped to provoke the general Catholic population into joining the rebellion.
Their music and lyrics are inspired by death, antireligious themes ( mostly targeting Christianity ) and rebellion.
Their battle is the battle that goes on within every gnome's heart between peace and tranquility and the desire for rebellion and change.
Their success also emboldened Osman Digna, whose Hadendoa tribesmen, the so-called fuzzy-wuzzies, joined the rebellion from their lands on the Red Sea coast.
Their rebellion then spread to many other schools in Soweto.

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Their demand against the Calvinist Orthodoxy for intellectual liberty had never meant that they would follow `` free inquiry '' to the extreme of proclaiming Christianity a `` natural '' religion.
Their most famous battle against Rome took place in Argentoratum ( Strasbourg ), in 357, where they were defeated by Julian, later Emperor of Rome, and their king Chnodomarius was taken prisoner to Rome.
Their armour was meant to protect only against sabres and light lances.
Their apostasy from the Church was conjoined with plans to rebel against the Nephite government.
Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators, and to float food and building material.
Their nationalism was born out of hundreds of years of fighting against imperialism, a continuing struggle for independence battling mainly British expansion into central South Africa, as well as the harsh African climate and a strong sense of nationhood.
Their efforts included attacking social discrimination by the upper class, authorities, and " commoners " and the use of degrading language against children in public schools.
Their grievances were against the two main Northern Territory employers: Vestey ’ s Meatworks and the federal government.
" Their critique of him was based principally on his not being strong enough in his criticism of Luther, not seeing the dangers of a vernacular Bible and dabbling in dangerous scriptural criticism that weakened the Church's arguments against Arianism and other doctrines.
Their jurisdiction can be illustrated with an example: Parents unsatisfied with the school placement of their child would appeal against the board of education in an administrative court as the school placement is subject to an administrative decision.
Their hurry to produce a model of DNA structure was driven in part by the knowledge that they were competing against Linus Pauling.
Their judgements are final and can only be appealed against if not in compliance with the rules.
Their first playoff game was against the Buffalo Bills at Buffalo.
Their next game was on the road against the Denver Broncos, who had earned the AFC's top seed with a 13 – 3 record and were widely regarded as the best team in the AFC, if not the NFL.
Their fortitude was the basis for recriminations against some sections of NKVD that were in charge of the " labor settlements " ( трудовые поселения ) in 1938-1939, as they were considered to have permitted " kulakization " ( окулачивание ) of the " labor settlers " ( трудопоселенцев ).
Their names / surnames were used to form the M. M. D. C., a revolutionary group that would act against the dictatorial governament, especially in the Constitutionalist Revolution (" Revolução Constitucionalista ", in Portuguese ), the major uprising in Brazil during the 20th century.
Their final counteroffensives against the Order of Reason were foiled by internal dissent and treachery in their midst.
Their first game was at the MCG on New Year ’ s Day 1862, against a Victorian XVIII.
Their primary mission is to safeguard the country's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity against any threat.
Their range and impact force made them effective weapons against armored warriors on horseback, because they could penetrate armor.
Their hobnailed sandals ( caligae ) were also an effective weapon against a fallen enemy ( cf.
Their action against the government alleged that the Secretary of State for Transport at the time-Stephen Byers MP-had, by deciding to cut off funding for Railtrack and asking the High Court to put the company into railway administration, committed the common law tort of misfeasance in public office.
Their paper was partly a response to Jack Drescher's 2001 paper, " Ethical issues surrounding attempts to change sexual orientation ", which used the principle of " Do no harm " to argue against conversion therapy.
Their long bushy tail with six alternating yellowish red transverse ochre rings provides balance and excellent camouflage against its habitat of moss-and lichen-covered trees.

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