Word: resists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fall of the "Western Christian commonwealth" in the Middle Ages can be partly attributed to the Church's inability to "resist temptation to oppose force by force," according to Toynbee...
...occurrence to the U.N. But this was the first time a government had gone so far as to pull out its entire delegation and to suggest out loud that it would consider withdrawing from the world organization. U.N. diplomats were stunned by the radical method France had chosen to resist any international meddling in the affairs of the North Africa territory that for more than a century has been administered as a part of metropolitan France...
...people of the U.S., who dearly love a good show and are addicted to the principle of truth by endorsement, could not resist a born showman who had once batted .359 for the Chicago White Sox. His name, Billy Sunday, seemed like an assurance of all things good and democratic, and he was endorsed by John D. Rockefeller...
...clear formula was essential for informing soldiers of the POW's obligations, its lone ingredient--resistance--helps perpetuate the horror that soldiers face in Communist prison camps. While the code directs men to resist enemy interrogation to "the utmost of their ability," the Defense Advisory Committee report behind the code informs GIs and all potential enemies that prisoners will not be prosecuted if they yield to torture. Captors know they can extract signed confessions--but only by applying irresistable pressure...
Last week Sylvester prescribed the appropriate beverage to go with reducing diets: "Lighter fluid." Sylvester can seldom resist a pun. He told about the vending machine that sells flowers and gives "change in peonies," and the vacationing scientist who posted a sign on his office, "Gone Fission." When the German Chancellor flew to Moscow, Sylvester wondered: "Due to time changes, did he have to Adenauer...