Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Even if there is a withdrawal of Italian troops, the Fascist powers would gain advantages," he continued, urging that even if there was nothing that could be done now to aid the Loyalists with was materials, America should at least do everything else possible to resist Fascism...
Italy. Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, said Adolf Hitler, are strong enough to resist any coalition against them. In a direct slap at France he added that "If war is waged against Italy for any reason whatever it will see Germany and Italy side by side. . . . Nazi Germany knows what her fate would be if the international powers succeeded in defeating Italy. . . . Those who belittle the Italian Army were refuted by the Ethiopian campaign...
...credited with either the genius or the stubbornness of Dr. Schacht, Dr. Funk is not expected long to resist the demands of those Nazi radicals who have wanted to print bank notes against such newly created wealth as public buildings, roads. They have professed to be less interested in how much gold a ten-mark note represents than how much bread it will buy. As if in expectation of inflation, values on the German stockmarket rose in terms of marks, while German bonds elsewhere sank lower...
Nicole was an egoistic, adventurous, impressionable, plain-looking, book-loving French girl. Her motto, borrowed from a religious martyr, was Resist. "Resisting" many a Frenchman, Nicole at 18 went to Dublin to teach French in a language school. When she met Michael Brandon, handsome journalist, and budding diplomat, her resistance collapsed-against the universal warning of her friends, who called him arrogant, priggish, sadistic and a lot besides...
Since November 1937, the union has had a contract with Mergenthaler's Brooklyn plant. Last month it called a strike to resist a 10% wage cut for 1,600 employes...