Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...middle, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, whose nation is most closely involved in the Bright Star operations, remained convinced that the maneuver was warranted and necessary to aid the development of the Rapid Deployment Force, which he feels will help Muslim countries resist aggression...
...starts early in the week down in Tar Heel, country, where, because the hard-liquor drinking age remains at 21, most students drink beer, primarily Bud and Stroh's. After two solid nights of studying, Sunday and Monday, it's time to begin the Franklin Street circuit. Who can resist. "Lady Lock-in" at Prudy's Tuesday nights, when from eight to ten the management excludes all men while women down peany drafts (that's right) inside...
...didn't really come all the way down here to see a movie did you? Naw! That's the response you're likely to get if you suggest a flick in New Haven this weekend. Anyway, if you can't resist, there are a few playing around the Yale campus...
Even in confinement, the horses refuse to give up easily. They stomp and batter at the grating, and resist every effort to trailer them to a larger enclosure. Robison must cut off the colts from their mothers for the trip to the adoption distribution center. One young upstart sends him flying against the fence, and it takes his best hammerlock to wrestle him down...
...trail of the tan van carried federal agents to New Orleans, where Boston and Johnson live, and then on to rural Gallman, Miss., 30 miles south of Jackson. At a local farmhouse they found and arrested Boston. Wisely, she did not resist. Surrounding the house was a small army of 50 G-men, four SWAT teams, two tanks and, overhead, two helicopters. Another 50 agents and two more tanks were stationed near by. Boston, who prefers the name Fulani Sunni-Ali to what she calls her "slave name," is the minister of information for the R.N.A. The farmhouse was apparently...