Unfettered by Thailand's draconian lèse-majesté laws, or the fierce interpretations of what constitutes defamation in Singapore and Malaysia, the press is vibrant and free.
Across the plaza at the New York City Opera, Lauren Flanigan this season found in Susan B. Anthony, of Virgil Thomson's "Mother of Us All," an assignment to justify the sometimes hyperbolic praise her fierce, unsentimental, even bitter interpretations regularly generate.
During my recent visit to the area -- as a guest of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival -- I found unconventional attributes of an Islamic state and fierce resistance to orthodox interpretations of the Koran.
Much of what can be heard of the final five to seven minutes of a desperate, fierce struggle remains open to interpretation, officials cautioned.
Because nothing in present-day Catholicism can be discussed without reference to Vatican II, a fierce debate rages about its interpretation.
She will be joined in the program by I Made Djimat, 52, renowned for his interpretation of the fierce warrior dance Baris Tungal, and Ida Bagus Suteja Manuaba, 57, who will demonstrate his theatrical gifts in the meditative Kebyar Duduk.
While medieval lore pictured her as an evil temptress, more recent interpretations portray her as a fierce individualist.
But the Agriculture Department's interpretation of the laws governing the National Organic Program has fed a fierce debate on what should be allowed in such products.
But the Jefferson scholars who have weighed in have subjected "Master of the Mountain" (published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux) to a fierce barrage of criticism, blasting away at Mr. Wiencek's evidence, interpretations and claims to originality.
