IN a Hofstra University dance studio, a mixed group of professional and student dancers -- all too young to have lived through the events they were symbolically recreating -- recently rehearsed a work inspired by the turmoil and tragedy of the Vietnam War era.
Particularly confusing and painful was the process of discovering an authentic sexual identity that was not an unconscious response to the decades of emotional turmoil inspired by Paul Moore's clandestine involvement with men — adulterous liaisons among which was one that endured for nearly 30 years, on the periphery of his second marriage.
Bono's personal conflicts and turmoil inspired songs like "Mofo", "Tomorrow" and "Kite".
It was not clear if it was also inspired by the turmoil at University of Missouri-Columbia.
Coming after a spate of China-inspired turmoil in the financial markets this week, it confirms that the U.S. economy, now in the sixth year of a recovery from the Great Recession, is still expanding steadily.
Not surprisingly, in the absence of a clear or simple fix, the turmoil has inspired a longing for the good old days.
At the Beacon, Ms. Bareilles was earnest and unassuming, talking cheerfully about the emotional turmoil that inspired this rather untumultuous music.
In an early sign that people on both sides were seeking to capitalize on the regional turmoil, Palestinians inspired by how social networking sites helped to mobilize demonstrators in Egypt and Tunisia created two pages on Facebook over the weekend, one urging people to rebel against the Islamic militant rulers of Gaza, and the other against the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank.
Today, she announces her debut LP entitled Love is the Capital, also from Geographic North, which was inspired by recent political turmoil and societal anxiety.
Religious and political turmoil, however, soon inspired others to try to put utopian ideas into practice.
It was taken as an indication of Tehran's self-confidence in recent weeks that, while turmoil in Tunisia inspired several regional governments to lower food and other prices, Iran proceeded with a broad array of measures to cut subsidies on fuel and essential goods.
