Word: resister
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...more obstreperous senior officers have been summarily retired. Still, there are plenty of people in Moscow -- not all of them in uniform -- who are desperate to cling to Soviet strategic nuclear strength as the last symbol of their country's superpower status. For that reason alone they will resist further cuts...
Physically unable to resist, many children defend themselves in the only way they know how: by wishing the attacks away. About a quarter of the youngsters completely repress the painful memories, although they will still suffer the effects of abuse. Some, like Carolyn Loshbaugh, 45, of Denver, gain a hundred pounds by overeating in an unconscious attempt to make themselves less alluring to their abusers. "Of course, I've been using wrong techniques for keeping myself safe, thinking that being overweight will keep me safe," she says. Others, including Arnold, try all sorts of escape routes. Growing...
When a Navy consultant inadvertently left a confidential report at Bath Iron Works last May, officials of the Maine defense contractor could not resist the temptation to peek. Chairman William Haggett ordered up a photocopy of the report, which reviewed the cost of a rival firm's work on the Aegis guided- missile destroyer program. But after briefly scanning the report, Haggett decided he had made "an inappropriate business-ethics decision" and returned the document to the Navy, which launched an investigation...
...tough to resist the ray race. Few of us do. We act in plays, we write for The Crimson, we serve on the Undergraduate Council. We run PBH programs, model government simulations, the debate team. We compete, we play politics, we talk strategy, we brownnose. And we worry far more than a college student should...
...primitive and barbaric. Relatives who have left villages for the city and return to show off their wealth and status also influence the young. Girls encounter educated women who work as clerks and are exempt from the backbreaking hauling done by their mothers' generation. How can these youngsters resist the allure of modern life? How can they make an informed judgment about which of the old ways should be respected and maintained...