Yet no club is more impulsive, more impatient and more prone to the pañolada, the mutinous waving of white hankies, than their great rivals.
The failed vote immediately put pressure on the Republican speaker of the House, John Boehner, who is stuck between the mutinous conservative fringe of his own party and the need to fund the DHS, a critical government agency that runs out of money at the end of this week.
Despite some initial stress while dodging very large sightseeing boats (the traffic passing under the natural stone arch of the Faraglioni di Mezzo was particularly competitive), this excursion was a surprising success; nothing mutinous occurred.
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Some shops were looted and illegal foreign-exchange dealers beaten up before the enraged but unarmed soldiers clashed with the police.It is too soon to tell if such unrest will resume and spread or if the authorities will contain the soldiers' anger by giving them extra perks while crushing a mutinous few.
However, many doubts remain.In this section Taliban all over Battered begums Lock up your daughters A half-built nation Wilting tulips Return to sender Reprints Related items Timor-Leste: Mutinous crewMar 1st 2007In May last year, after the UN had scaled down its operations, the country descended again into violence and its army and police collapsed, prompting the dispatch of fresh peacekeepers.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, is at the forefront, but she is also the subject of much mutinous talk since leading her colleagues into the badlands at last month's EU summit.
But the sober mood of the trial, and the idea that justice would prevail, took a battering on December 30th, when five bombs exploded in Manila within three hours, killing 22 people.In the aftermath, all the usual suspects were blamed: Muslim rebels, communist guerrillas, mutinous military or police officers, and even the government itself.
A few weeks ago, however, many became openly mutinous.
Others demand a steep "liquidation preference", meaning that investors get a guaranteed return in the event of a sale or flotation, even before the founders and staff see a penny.Small wonder that the latter are feeling mutinous; investors have, after all, pushed start-ups to grow as fast as possible.
Labour's shadow chancellor is also evolving his own plan, focusing on growth and a more even balance between spending cuts and tax rises than the government's.But as the mutinous streets of France and Greece suggest, resistance to the cuts will not be confined to parliamentary high politics.
