Word: resisting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist...
...captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy...
...sometimes more than twice that in the spring, when Washington's tourism is at a peak). Inevitably, the floors have been scarred by more than 6,000,000 heels, and the hangings and wall coverings have been soiled by those who could not resist the urge to touch. The repairs-handled by White House maintenance men-are necessary every two years, and were arranged this summer to coincide with the President's vacation in Colorado...
...line of resistance must be drawn somewhere, and initially as far forward as possible," the Defense Department's Advisory Committee on Prisoners of War reported to the President. "The name, rank and service number provisions of the Geneva conventions is accepted as this line of resistance. However, in the face of experience, it is recognized that the P.W. may be subjected to an extreme of coercion beyond his ability to resist. If in his battle with the interrogator he is driven from his first line of resistance, he must be trained for resistance in successive positions. And, to stand...
...confer upon its committees the power to veto executive action or to prevent executive action from becoming effective. Since the organization of our Government, the President has felt bound to insist that executive functions be maintained unimpaired by legislative encroachment, just as the legislative branch has felt bound to resist interference with its power by the executive...