Word: resistent
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...rebuke came from the very top. During his Oval Office speech last week about his decision to send U.S. troops to Saudi Arabia, the President exhorted Big Oil to resist the temptation to profit from a bad situation. Iraqi tanks had hardly arrived in Kuwait a week earlier when the majors started jacking up prices at gas pumps across the U.S. In the first four days, the price of self- serve, unleaded gas rose 7.1 cents per gal., according to an American Automobile Association (AAA) check of 1,400 stations. By last Friday prices were up an average...
...Taylor, who commands the main rebel force and controls most of the Liberian countryside, vowed to resist the West Africans' intervention. He started by launching a new offensive last week to seize control of the divided capital, Monrovia. "We will use guns, machetes, knives," he cried. "We will kill all of them...
EGYPT. As the recipient of $2.3 billion annually in U.S. military and economic aid, Egypt was in a difficult position to resist Bush's appeals for support. But that very connection exposes Mubarak to charges that he is an American puppet. He must also juggle domestic considerations. Most Egyptians responded angrily to Saddam's bald annexation of Kuwait. But 1 million of them work in Iraq, 300,000 more in Kuwait, and if Mubarak mishandles the situation, he could put those lives in danger...
...Emir's palace and the nearby U.S. embassy. But the Emir, Sheik Jaber al-Ahmed al-Sabah, and his family were able to flee to Saudi Arabia by helicopter. Though the invaders had quickly seized Kuwait's radio and television station, a hidden transmitter continued to broadcast exhortations to resist the raiding foreigners and pleas for help from other Arab states. "O Arabs, Kuwait's blood and honor are being violated. Rush to its rescue!" cried a voice thought to be the crown prince's. "The children, the women, the old men of Kuwait are calling...
...there were three people destined never to get along, they were the ones. Reggie was an egomaniac who created his own line of candy bars and announced in his first press conference that he would be "the straw that stirs the drink." Steinbrenner was an egomaniac who could not resist second-guessing and dumping players and managers...