Word: resists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cities like Hanoi (pop. 300,000), the Communists have instituted a monthly ration of 17 lbs. of rice for children, 33 lbs. for adults, 55 lbs. for their new privileged elite, the Communist party workers. "Rebels eat last" is the rule in the sections where Roman Catholics resist the regime. The Hanoi press extols the "selfless help" of Red China, but Red China (itself in economic trouble) has only sent Ho one shipment of 10,000 tons of rice. "We may have to accept as many as 2,000,000 deaths this year from starvation," a senior Communist admitted...
...Churchill was speaking last week, U.S. Secretary of State Dulles in the Far East was setting the foundations for a political-military alliance that could, if carried through, provide a position of strength for years to come. Dulles' delicate and difficult job: to build the will to resist without provoking war; to promise protection, yet to avoid tying down U.S. strength; to present to the Communists a front that is both adamant and flexible. Since many of the pressures on Dulles sprang from exaggerated jitters about World War III, his important task was bound to be made easier...
...Argentina's political vocabulary "people's organizations" means the Perón-manipulated General Labor Confederation (C.G.T.) and the various Perónista associations of businessmen, professional men and students. In some cities and provinces, "people's organizations" meddle in government affairs, and local authorities sometimes resist the meddling. At Perón's closed-door meeting with provincial governors last month, spokesmen for the Perónista associations rapped several provincial officials for failing to pay "people's organizations" due heed. Aware that more than three provincial governments took verbal stonings at the meeting...
Sculptor Epstein, 74, enjoying all the secrecy, could not resist hinting from London: "I consider this one of my major works." Epstein is apt to consider all of his works "major," but this time Philadelphia agreed. Said R. Sturgis Ingersoll, president of the Philadelphia Museum of Art: "The works may be the finest Epstein has ever done . . . We believe we have acquired Epstein at his very best...
...circumvent partial disarmament, to overstep quotas, etc., it is impossible to arm secretly per se. When such action was even suspected would be the moment for a U.N. peace commission to investigate. "A breach of the peace" would begin with the first preparation for war, before the offender could resist U.N. [forces...