Rr: resource revolts

Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, writes in a commentary for CBS that rising food and oil prices leading to riots look like "the perfect set of preconditions for a global tsunami of instability and turmoil".  ”Events in Algeria and Tunisia give us just an inkling of what this maelstrom might look like, but where and how it will next erupt, and in what form, is anyone’s guess.  A single guarantee: we haven’t seen the last of resource revolts which, in the coming years, could reach an intensity we scarcely imagine today,” Prof. Michael T. Klare writes.

Rr: Righteous

 (Working Definition in the Book The Gospel According to Jesus by Chris Seay)
V. Restorative Justice

Rr: Roil

Definition
1. To displease or disturb; vex.

Use at Work:
The customer totally roiled me with his use of high dudgeon.

Literary Context: 
These questions and many others roiled the church and later the Roman Empire, incited rebellion, created new sects, sparked civil and military conflict, and divided earthly power.   They remain without consensus and still roil the ranks of Christianity. pg 47

Hunt for Words: Found the word in A World Without Islam by Graham E. Fuller,  I have been fascinated with the middle east for a long time now.   This book is excellent so far but I am only 13% of the way done so need to read more before I can evaluate the whole thing.

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Rr: Repose

n.

1. The act of resting or the state of being at rest.

2. Freedom from worry; peace of mind.

3. Calmness; tranquillity.

v. re·posed, re·pos·ing, re·pos·es

v.tr.

1. To lay (oneself) down.

2. To rest or relax (oneself).

v.intr.

1. To lie at rest.

2. To lie dead: repose in a grave.

3. To lie while being supported by something.

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[From Middle English reposen, to be at rest, from Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausre,to cause to rest : Latin re-, re- + Latin pausre, to rest (from Latin pausa, rest; see pause).]

IN CONTEXT:
The word "repose" floated in the air as Frank looked around at the women.  He seemed to be taking measure of them,  as a preacher might.  pg 10 (Loving Frank Nancy Horan)

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Rr: Reductio ad absurdum

Reductio ad absurdum (Latin: "reduction to the absurd")[1] in formal logic is an argument to refute a proposition (or set of propositions), by showing that it leads to a logically absurd consequence.[2] In other words: the proposition is shown by proper inspection to be simply untenable within the rules of logic, because it necessarily leads to a self-contradictory consequence.

An unstable hypothesis creates an improbable seam. (Paraphrased from Lee Smolin Trouble with Physics)