Word: compliant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...large first formed its impression of Charles de Gaulle in World War II, and it was not an endearing one. As leader of Free France, he was proud, touchy, intransigent. Winston Churchill felt that De Gaulle owed his continued existence to the British, and should be grateful and compliant. All parties concerned have since composed more graceful tribute to one another, but in those tense days feelings ran high. To Franklin Roosevelt, De Gaulle was an upstart playing Joan of Arc. "Yes," Churchill is reported to have rejoined, "but my bloody bishops won't let me burn...
...come here, if I want. This is my country." Hayari saluted and took off by car for Damascus, leaving his letter of resignation behind him, and proclaiming, when he got to Syria, that the U.S. was spending fabulous sums in Jordan "to buy traitors." After naming a more compliant Bedouin to be chief of staff, Hussein ordered a purge of 60 army officers ("Replace them with sergeants who will fight for the King!" he said...
...that drove the Mennonites out of Canada 35 years ago, and Honduras offers only a steaming jungle terrain. But the Mennonites may have little choice, are sure that Mexico will scrap the Obregón contract. And if that happens, the precise Chihuahua fields will be sold to more compliant folk, and the Mennonites will become wanderers again...
...outcries abroad or protests at home. It had steeled itself to a hard course and engaged on a dangerous gamble. By exiling Archbishop Makarios to an Indian Ocean island without legal process, and ruthlessly stamping out terrorism, it hoped to create a "fertile vacuum" in which new, more compliant leaders would emerge. Karaolis had killed a cop, Demetriou had wounded a British businessman; they must...
Greenebaum's skill as a conductor was most apparent in Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E flat. He kept a careful series of balances between orchestral sections, while giving a firm and yet compliant accompaniment to the soloist. Trumpeter Jane Rogers played the difficult concerto with great skill. Beyond merely getting the notes correctly, a task in itself, she displayed a shimmering tone. At forte, her tone was never strident, and she also was able to play marvelously softly. It was a rare example of great musicianship on the trumpet, whose practitioners are usually content to dazzle their audiences with...