Word: persistent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...nonviolence, the film presented only a to brief lines on Gandhi's view of nonviolence as a response to Hitler's Germany. In real life, Gandhi wrote to the Viceroy of India as Britain fell back before Nazi might: "This manslaughter must be stopped. You are losing; if you persist, it will only result in greater bloodshed. Hitler is not a bad man..." He also addressed a letter to the British people as a whole, counseling them to "Let them [the Nazis] take possession of your beautiful island with your many beautiful buildings. You will give all these, but neither...
There are a few songs that disc jockeys persist in playing incessantly despite reason, or, we suspect, human emotion. Following the revival of interest in the Doors, "Hello, I Love You" was aggressively trivialized by dangerous lunatics seeking relief from commercial New Wave...
...members still persist, convinced that if they lose, havoc will reign. "Our strategy is to inform society so they choose better leaders. If we're successful, then the trend towards bigger government will stop." McManus says, "If we're not successful then there will be a communist style government in the United States...
...time they are 30," says a senior police official. "The nights are lonely. She is no longer the beauty she once was." She is also hunted by vengeful enemies. As a result, Phoolan has begun negotiating for police protection in exchange for her surrender. The legends will surely persist, but Phoolan may be shedding her image as India's deadliest woman. Two weeks ago, her gang encircled a bicyclist near the Chambal River. Phoolan scolded her victim for traveling alone in such dangerous country and, when she learned that he had lost part...
...main ingredients of the birth-control pill. It does not, however, contain estrogen, and therefore does not seem to share the most serious drawbacks of the Pill: increased risk of abnormal blood clots and heart attacks. Depo-Provera can have less serious side effects that persist as long as it is in the bloodstream. Among them: weight gain, loss of sex drive, menstrual irregularities and, frequently, complete cessation of menstrual bleeding. According to Upjohn Research Manager Gordon Duncan, none of these problems are serious enough "to preclude its use as a contraceptive...