Word: resisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite early hopes that Rojas would resist the temptation to set himself up as military dictator, however, the President soon decided not to surrender his newly won power. The "state of seige" he had declared upon taking office was continued indefinitely. Free elections were postponed until the country had become "politically civilized," despite Colombia's 36 years under a working democracy prior...
Granted that the Dunster Street building is everything the Council says, it does not follow by any logical leap that the University must construct a new center for the ever-growing legion of organizations. Instead, the Administration should strongly resist any pressure for such a building and seriously consider the possibility of placing club offices within the Houses...
...less than a week, a third of Egypt's army had been routed; its air force was gone; its terrain east of the Suez was in the hands of its most hated enemies; and its capacity to resist Anglo-French invasion of the canal was sorely crippled...
...history department. "Charles is very fond of a farm he owns up in northern Vermont," the colleague said, "but several times over the past few years he hasn't gone up because of a student problem that was bothering him. There aren't many of us who can resist the lure of a weekend...
BERLIN, Oct. 26--Communist leaders in East Germany begged their restive people tonight to resist the fever of revolt-engulfed Hungary...