Word: stubborn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Krim from the South and East (TIME, May 17 et seq.), were astonished to discover one morning last week that the enemy had vanished in the night, that white flags were aflutter where Riffian machine guns popped when darkness fell. After conducting for five years one of the most stubborn "native revolts" of the present century against the encroachment of "civilized powers," Abd-El-Krim apparently decided last week that his jig was up?sued for peace, surrendered unconditionally...
...message to Congress had said that such a bill was in process of preparation and recommended favorable consideration. He later announced, however, that the bill was not to be considered an administration measure. It was passed by the House (TIME, March 15, CONGRESS) but in the Senate met a stubborn resistance. The minority of the railway executives, led by Leonor F. Loree, President of the Delaware & Hudson, took up the fight. The National Association of Manufacturers and the American Farm Bureau Federation also opposed the bill. They argued that at no place in the cascade of arrangements for settlement...
...unraveling three riddles she propounds. The Prince of Persia comes, dares to try, to risk his head if he should fail, guesses right. But Turandot, poor in sporting blood, will not give in, causes a slave girl to die for not disclosing the Prince's identity, holds herself stubborn, until the Prince's kiss tells her that his name is Love...
...first stubborn difficulty surmounted, the Conservative cabinet will have a narrow course to steer between the twin perils of repressive fascism and belligerent communism. In the next few weeks, the English capacity for muddling will receive a thorough test...
What is Impeachment? On the basis of the evidence, nearly every Congressman agreed that Judge English was not an ideal?was, in fact, a bad Judge. He had no defenders. But, though the final vote would not indicate it, there were on the floor of the House many stubborn opponents of impeachment. Why? Because there were two interpretations of the word "impeachment...