Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Khrushchev's scheme was nearly revealed prematurely. In conversation with an ambassador from one of the socialist countries, Deputy Foreign Minister Yakov Malik could not resist the temptation to show off. He told the envoy that the U-2 pilot was alive and would testify publicly. Fortunately for Khrushchev's hoax, the ambassador was security conscious and immediately informed the Central Committee of this chat...
Although Khrushchev valued Gromyko's diplomatic experience, he could not resist teasing him, often calling him an arid bureaucrat. "Look at that," Khrushchev would say, nodding toward Gromyko and smiling. "How young Andrei Andreyevich looks." (He really did look very young for his years.) "He doesn't have a single gray hair. It's obvious he just sits in a cozy little place and drinks tea." These jests were not at all pleasing to Gromyko, but he always managed to force a smile...
...Jeffrey M. Rosen '86, the lure of working for the "Bible of budget travelling" was too great to resist...
Maintaining a light tone while she was writing for Let's Go was often difficult under these circumstances. Wachtell said. "I always had to resist the temptation to let my frustration come out on the pages, because most of the people I was writing for would be travelling for pleasure...
...anguish so brilliantly depicted by the movie's makers continues to haunt Cambodia. This winter, as they have in each "dry season" since they invaded the country six years ago, the Vietnamese have launched an offensive aimed at wiping out the various Khmer rebel groups that continue to resist the puppet government they installed. The fighting was reported to have been particularly bloody this time, as the Vietnamese destroyed one of the rebels' main bases and pursued the insurgents over the border into Thailand...