Word: resister
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...will find it difficult to reconcile the use of tactical atomic weapons with its present international standing. Only Russia, of course, has the power to stop them, although the U. S. holds a nuclear Sword of Damocles over even the Russians' heads; the other nations are virtually powerless to resist; And there is always the likelihood of sustained international outcry, although the U. S. has not often been swayed by moral arguments...
...long, however, before Khrushchev began lining up other allies for a showdown. He took Malenkov aside and told him: "We're heading for disaster. Beria is sharpening his knives." When Malenkov asked what could be done, Khrushchev replied, "The time has come to resist...
...prospects for active resistance against the regime involves a Catch 22: opponents of the junta are reluctant to resist because they realize that the Sixth Fleet and the U.S. military mission in Greece is behind the colonels all the way. The U.S. is not considering changing its unqualified support of the regime until (they claim) there is some sign of resistance among the people...
Mullaney says that the university must abandon its role of passive neutrality in political events. "In its attempts to be 'neutral,' the university has sided with those who resist change in power relationships," his article says...
...First Church of Plymouth split over belief in the Trinity, and took a vote. The losers would leave the congregation. The Unitarians won the election, but lost their church to fire a century later. The pastor of the trinitarian Church of the Pilgrimage across the street could not resist the opportunity to scoff a bit. "We kept the faith," said a sign he hung outside his church. "They kept the furniture...