Word: resistent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...People's Republic." After a visit to the White House, Church said he did not endorse the draft but simply wanted to get a discussion under way. Church, Javits and Glenn then began talking of a compromise. Their solution: the U.S. "will maintain its capacity to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion" against Taiwan, and will provide the island with "a sufficient self-defense character." This was something less than a defense commitment to Taiwan, but the Carter Administration had originally sought no specific reference to Taiwan's defense...
...answer is obvious: the pressure toward mediocrity is simply too enormous to resist. To stand out one need perform only slightly better than the prevailing level of incompetence. To do much more is to play the fool-doing others' work -and invites the hostility of coworkers...
...biggest blunder was made by Angelo Sepe, 37, a mob-connected hood who was on parole from an armed-robbery conviction. Unable to resist enjoying his new wealth, he ordered a sporty 1979 Thunderbird -and paid for the car with $9,000 in cash. He also bought a new Cadillac for his girlfriend. Before he picked up the T-bird, however, FBI agents fitted it with an eavesdropping bug and a small radio transmitter that constantly signaled its whereabouts. Sepe's next mistake was to boast about the Lufthansa caper to passengers in his car -taped conversations that...
...tumbled in startling succession. The lean and limber 19-year-old broke the world indoor records for the high hurdles five times, at distances between 50 yds. and 60 meters. His assault on the record book paused at the Millrose Games in Madison Square Garden when he could not resist proudly lifting his index finger at the tape. That gesture of triumph may have cost him another world record-he finished the 60 yds. in 6.89 sec., just .01 off his best time-but Renaldo Nehemiah has no regrets: "Up to this point, there were still a few doubts about...
...mortar," administrators seem sure the drive will go ahead as planned and are optimistic about its chances for success. Since last fall, College Fund volunteers have been screening potential contributors across the country to gauge how much money might be available and to find out whether alumni might resist a capital drive right now. By next fall about 3000 alumni will have gotten the once-over; and so far, the prospects look good...