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Article: Anger - the latest rage
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- March 26, 2007
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GEORGE WILL
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
03-26-2007
Anger - the latest rage
GEORGE WILL
Date: 03-26-2007, Monday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions
DURING THE divisive War of 1812, a livid woman famous for her long hair rode to the White House, stood in her carriage, let down her tresses and proclaimed that she would gladly be shorn of them if they would be used to hang President James Madison.
That anecdote, from Catherine Allgor's biography of Dolley Madison, shows that today's theatrical anger is not without precedent.
But now there is a new style in anger — fury as a fashion accessory, indignation as evidence of good character.
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