Word: resisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...declared they would rally the Great Lakes states to fight new diversion attempts. Moreover, they said, if Illinois seeks extension of the temporary increase, they would insist that Wisconsin's attorney general file objections with the court, and would expect the "wishy-washy Lake states," which did not resist the temporary diversion, to join the fight...
They continue to resist not only because they are brave, but because they have to. The workers' councils, the citizens' groups, the army units dare not let the Kadar regime regain full control of the country. They cannot overthrow the Red Army, but their strength lies in the fact that neither can the Russians mine coal in army tanks. Some kind of agreed or understood armistice between workers' council and regime, protecting the Hungarians against reprisals in return for a resumption of stability, is what the rebels must continue to fight for. One thing...
...audience graced by his cousin, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond, Herman lamented that "your parents and mine had to live under Yankee bayonets and occupation rule, and resist the same fight we are going through at the present time . . . Yankee rule, carpetbagging." Then, dropping the toga of statesmanship that he has recently stitched up for use in Washington (TIME, Oct. 15), Herman added: "The time has come when the people of the South must appeal from those damnable decisions of the Supreme Court to the court of last resort, the decent white people of America...
...here, and we agreed we just couldn't go along. I called Harry Byrd and I said, 'You're wrong on this. We can't support you.' He said, 'The people of Virginia will never accept desegregation. I'm going to resist this as long as I can.' " Says Norfolk's Democratic Mayor Fred Duckworth: "If we started to integrate, we'd have to give up our state aid, which is $2,000,000 a year, and 20% of the school's budget. But we also...
...piled high, and people searching for the names of missing kin. More than 8,000 homes had been destroyed. The people's spirit was still determined, but the black shadow of Serov, the constant stream of silent deportations, was having its effect. It took courage to continue to resist. Budapest had the courage...