Word: resisting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...need to resist two temptations: to see all changes as inevitably against the interests of the U.S., as a kind of loss for us or victory for them; or to imagine that what happens in a country like Iran will not have consequences for us. We need to see what is happening not in terms of simplistic colors, black and white, but in more subtle shades; not as isolated events but often as part of sweeping currents ... Stability in some countries is being shaken by the processes of modernization, the search for national significance or the desire to fulfill legitimate...
...their deal with the Americans before a signing of SALT II at a Carter-Brezhnev summit. They managed to make their impatience an imperative in the bargaining. They also managed to play brilliantly on National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski's own impatience. They knew that he could not resist the temptation to rattle the Soviets...
...generation never looked so damn silly. It's not necessarily that generation's fault--this is just a very bogus movie which even Arlo regretts making, since it uses the rather dubious device of a dying Woody Guthrie to serve as young Arlo's motivation to grow up and resist the draft, the squares, and all the rest of the unbeautiful things in the world. You will be amazed at how dated this film looks--all the moreso because it wasmade by a bunch of amateur filmmakers who, for all their good-heartedness, simply didn't know where...
...coca. The Indian population was forbidden its use because it tended to make them nonproductive. When Pizarro and his fellow Christians took over the empire, one of their first acts was to make coca chewing available to the whole populace. The result was that there was no effort to resist or overthrow the Spaniards because of the lethargy the drug produced. Gordon H. Dalton Pinehurst...
...charges against SAVAK: We do admit there have been some mistakes in the past. But they have been distorted. It is said that SAVAK has been brutal. If SAVAK receives information about a terrorist group, and we go to arrest this group, do you think they will not resist? Of course they will. Resistance brings violence, and you should expect a similar response from our side. We're like the CIA. If we have ten activities and nine of them are successful, only the failure gets worldwide attention. You never hear the good things we do. Some people think...