And from rooftops across the city, the defiant sound of "Allah-u-Akbar" — "God is Great" — went up yet again, as it has every night since the fraudulent election.
Klein's fast outer movements are full of vibrant rhythms and wild touches that give the piece an almost defiant sound, yet its central slow movement — variations on a plaintive Moravian folk tune — is gritty and brooding, with glancing references to themes from Verdi's Requiem and Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder".
Sheep were slaughtered, television cameras rolled and officials delivered defiant sound-bites about the ending of Iraq's isolation.With Baghdad's airport closed to international traffic since 1990, Iraq's visitors have had to fly first to Amman, in Jordan, then hire a taxi for the ensuing 1,000-kilometre 1,000-kilometre desertrek
Dej Loaf, with her unclassifiable style, her defiant composite sound, and her distinct youthfulness, is a fitting emblem of this cultural momentum.
Watch here Nina Simone – Seems I'm Never Tired of Loving You The piano sounds as defiant as Nina Simone sounds unshakeable.
For his part, Mr. Arafat continued to sound defiant today.
Had Mr. Gahan sung the same words, he would have made them sound defiant.
Publicly, Iranian officials have continued to sound defiant, saying in Geneva that they would not discuss uranium enrichment or other nuclear activities at the next meeting in Istanbul.
Despite running out of options, Mr. Gbagbo continued to sound defiant on Tuesday, telling French television that he had not surrendered, that he remained the legitimate president and that France had declared war against Ivory Coast.
Still, Hamas officials sound defiant – goading Israel to invade and threatening new "martyrdom operations" after the "targeted assassination" of Nizar Rayyan, a senior figure admired for his military prowess and remembered for his involvement in the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip from Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement in June 2007.
The dead were identified as Ruwaida al-Hajeen, 43; her two sons, Ashraf, 23, and Nihad, 19; and a cousin, Muhammad, 18. Devastated by its losses, the al-Hajeen family was adopted today by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, who draped the the dead with their flags and punctuated their funeral with gunfire and defiant slogans from sound trucks.
