Word: resister
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...marchers began to move forward, the driver of the sound truck conferred with a lawyer from the Massachusetts Lawyers' Guild who wore a red arm-band marked "legal," and then told the marchers, "Keep together. We can free Bobby Seale. We can free Erika Huggins. We can resist. Keep together...
...Governor 1) "overturned" a court decision on school busing by unilaterally declaring it "a horrible illegal act," 2) twice dismissed the duly elected school board of sleepy Manatee County on Florida's Gulf Coast, 3) ignored federal court orders to answer contempt charges, 4) ordered his men to resist federal marshals "with force," 5) installed himself as Manatee school superintendent, and 6) made a direct and lofty appeal for justice to the U.S. Supreme Court...
Researcher Cade could not resist the temptation, as he puts it, of plunging his hand again into the same lucky dip. He tried the salts of other metals closely related to lithium, and drew blanks. Then he turned to strontium, which competes with calcium in many vital biochemical processes and is some how involved in the body's handling of another trace element, magnesium. Again Cade picked the carbonate form as the least likely to upset the stomach. He recently told colleagues that he has tried it on himself and noted "a distinct tranquilizing effect," though he considers himself...
...priorities are less political, and if we mainly aim at preserving the university as a place for the freedom of thought, education and research (including research for peace, which should be strengthened)-then we must resist these attempts to destroy...
...proved itself to be "the paramount power in Indochina." Said Fulbright: "We ought to welcome North Viet Nam's preeminence, because while North Viet Nam has shown itself strong enough to dominate Indochina if left alone by outside powers, it has also shown itself willing and able to resist Chinese domination...