Word: resister
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Apparently in an effort to strengthen such contacts and introduce some internal reforms, Alia has reportedly brought more pragmatic men into the party leadership and has hinted that he may introduce labor incentives. The hard-line Hoxhaists, who still dominate the regime, are likely to resist such changes. For Alia, who is thought to have only four strong supporters on the 15-man Politburo, it is a time to tread cautiously...
...evidence of trouble grows. As this is being written, we hear that the army has been mobilized by General Fidel Ramos to resist a coup attempt by military forces loyal to Defense Minister Juan Ponce Enrile. Should the army, led by Enrile and his security chief Colonel Gregorio Honasan, assume power, then the attempts at reconciliation for which Aquino stands will be abandoned for an all-out military confrontation with the left. Should the military backing Aquino predominate, she will have a renewed chance to pursue her vision, but with the army's power considerably enhanced...
...group has confronted value-free teaching by devising and marketing a model curriculum that states traditional conservative values throughout. Teen- Aid Inc., with headquarters in Spokane and 25 affiliates in the U.S. and Canada, urges youngsters to "resist the tide" of a sex-saturated culture. The program tries to sharpen the "refusal skills" of students and sends summaries of lessons home to parents. Students are told to be careful about what clothes they wear on dates, and not to drink or take drugs while on a date...
Propositions that were easy to resist. In referendums around the country, voters last week expressed a kind of social laissez-faire, a tolerance for diversity, an intolerance for efforts to legislate morality. The good citizens of Green Bay, Wis., for example, refused to ban the exhibition of obscene material. Californians unhesitatingly rejected an initiative sponsored by Lyndon LaRouchites that could have quarantined AIDS victims. Voters in Massachusetts, Oregon and Rhode Island resisted efforts to restrict a woman's right to have an abortion. Some of the propositions that did pass also reflected a spirit of tolerance for, well, spirits. Voters...
...bought brine Freon chillers (cost: $640,000), which are powerful enough to make ice in July. The units were too big to fit through the building's doors, so Trump removed the roof, lowered the machinery inside, then replaced the roof. Trump, a man of expensive tastes, could not resist a luxurious touch: instead of using pine for the rest stands, as the city had planned, he chose polished teak...