Word: resists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...launched sharp raids against Libya in a border dispute.] If the Americans seek to change the balance [of power in the region] in a way that is threatening to Libya, we will be forced to seek Soviet assistance to counter that threat. When reactionary regimes threaten us, we will resist...
...turned out, Bell's problems were far from over. Trying to resist any comparison with Watergate, Bell made Curran a "special counsel," not a "special prosecutor," the title carried by Archibald Cox and Leon Jaworski when they led the investigations that helped to bring about Richard Nixon's downfall. There was one important difference: unlike the special prosecutors, Curran would not have the power to charge anyone on his own. He would first have to get the approval of Assistant Attorney General Philip Heymann...
...harder to be defended by the party accused, tho never so innocent." Over the years, rape became encrusted with rules to protect men from vengeful women: almost anything about the victim's sex life was relevant, and the prosecution had to prove that she had tried to resist the attack. As a result, conviction rates had been much lower for rape than for other violent crimes...
Perhaps the biggest question is whether Carter can resist the requests from both Egypt and Israel for aid beyond the amounts involved in supporting the treaty. The defense ministers of both nations arrived in Washington last week to present their shopping lists. Egypt is seeking help to buy 600 M-60 tanks, 300 F-16 fighter aircraft, 70 transport planes, and up to eight destroyers or submarines. In nonmilitary aid, Egypt wants funds for housing, agricultural production and a new telephone system. In arms alone, Israel wants various tanks, naval guns, missile systems and armored personnel carriers...
...shockers, scare pictures a good hack working an old saw. The wood may be warped and a little green, but he is not going very deeply against the grain. Whether he might rank among the architects of the traditions he so admires is an open question. Whether he can resist the beveling and varnish a big budget often imposes remains to be seen...