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Word: persists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...freedom of a brave people who are under attack that is controlled and that is directed from outside their country. We have no ambition there for ourselves. We seek no dominion. We seek no conquest. We seek no wider war. But we must all understand that we will persist in the defense of freedom, and our continuing actions will be those which are justified and those that are made necessary by the continuing aggression of others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: We Will Be Far Better Off Facing the Issue | 2/26/1965 | See Source »

...rules of war have changed, and policymakers in Hanoi are confronted with the necessity of balancing their resources against the damage they may suffer. They've got to take a look down that long road and decide whether they really want what lies ahead for them if they persist in past policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: A Look Down That Long Road | 2/19/1965 | See Source »

Nicol Williamson carries out magnificently a part that is punishingly long and concentrated. Osborne skillfully manages to arrest his hero just on the brink of the absurd-even if his man does persist in viewing others just a bit less flatteringly than they view him. "The whole bloody island is blocked," says the solicitor, "with those flatulent, purblind mating weasels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater Abroad: The Lights of London | 10/9/1964 | See Source »

...Right Track." In his defense of Administration policy in South Viet Nam, Lodge told reporters: "If we persist, there isn't any question that this pacification effort can succeed, and I think we will persist. I think the thing is well organized now. I think the doctrines are very clear. The means are at hand to do it. There is a very fine understanding between the Vietnamese and the Americans, and I believe that the whole thing is on the right track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Homecoming | 7/10/1964 | See Source »

Speaking to a crowd of 20,000 at Holy Cross Commencement exercises here, the Chief Executive looked beyond the immediate problems of international conflict to those which "will persist beyond the cold...

Author: By A. DOUGLAS Matthews, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Johnson Reveals Power Breakthrough | 6/11/1964 | See Source »

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