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...words of committee chairman, Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, evidence at the hearing showed "how techniques, which are used teach American soldiers to resist abusive interrogations by enemies that refuse to follow the Geneva Conventions, were turned on their head and sanctioned by Department of Defense officials for use" on prisoners held...
...seems most Zimbabweans are very fearful right now, but some seem to be talking about a full-on insurrection. Look, those are just speculations. The people have no capacity to resist an armed dictatorship, and the dictatorship is not yet ready to negotiate. So I think the only thing with such a stalemate is that the people will prevail. That's the only thing...
...will they prevail? By continuing to resist the regime ... By making sure that the international community isolates it, by making sure the economy is not sustainable. That way, the regime's pillars of support will realize how futile it is to continue...
...point, Kennedy asked Cox, who served as Kennedy’s solicitor general, about the prospect of arresting Barnett as well as General Edwin A. Walker, a former military officer who is said to have urged an anti-integration crowd to resist federal actions violently...
...building on hallowed ground is a tricky matter. After Gerry entered the picture, a preservation group sprang up to resist any construction in the bowl that held the stage and most of the crowd. In the end, the main structures were located at or just beyond the upper rim of that land, most of which remains open. The site is compromised, but nothing like the way it would have been if tract-housing developers had gotten hold...