Word: resister
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...amusement when her son Charles confided that his various love affairs had been interrupted by about of impotence. "We laughed uproariously," she writes her daughter. "I told him that I was delighted that he had been punished for his sins at the precise point of origin." She could not resist communicating the dictum that was pronounced upon Charles by Ninon de 1'Enclos, the celebrated courtesan: "His soul is made of mush, his body of wet paper and his heart is like a pumpkin fricasseed in snow...
...Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Muldoon is considered to be at the forefront of the international financial scene. For the past week, he has been in Washington soliciting support from the Reagan administration for his cause. But Muldoon added that he expects limited success "Governments, like people, resist change...
...joint order of the day, Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung and Communist Commander in Chief Chu-teh said: "Advance boldly, resolutely, thoroughly; cleanly and completely annihilate all . . . in China who dare to resist...
...partisan reportage by encouraging new standards of objective news coverage; following open-heart surgery; in Paris. Gombault, who was associated with many publications during his career, co-founded France-Soir in 1945, modeling the daily after American newspapers. "A journalist must remain a witness," he taught young reporters, "and resist the temptation to be at the same time an actor...
...Gallagher couldn't resist taking a final pot shot at Harvard, quipping. "I hate to break the news to you, but you don't have the reputation for being a hearty-party school...