Word: resistive
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...knew that the big shotputter could get mad as a wet bear when anything interfered with his training. What he did not know was that O'Brien also liked to dabble with paint. "He couldn't spare the time, but he also couldn't resist the opportunity to see a famous artist work close up," said Murray. Posing for Artist Hurd in a Beverly Hills Hotel bungalow, O'Brien excused himself one afternoon and went out to the Los Angeles Coliseum long enough to smash his own world's record by putting the shot...
...filibusters. Humphrey & Co. propose to change the rules so that a simple (i.e., non-Southern) majority can shut off debate. New York's Republican Senator Irving Ives, who is up for re-election in 1958, and New Jersey's Republican Senator Clifford Case found it difficult to resist. In a slow political week, they too added their names to the list of cloture sponsors...
...here, and we agreed we just couldn't go along. I called Harry Byrd and I said, 'You're wrong on this. We can't support you.' He said, 'The people of Virginia will never accept desegregation. I'm going to resist this as long as I can.' " Says Norfolk's Democratic Mayor Fred Duckworth: "If we started to integrate, we'd have to give up our state aid, which is $2,000,000 a year, and 20% of the school's budget. But we also...
...piled high, and people searching for the names of missing kin. More than 8,000 homes had been destroyed. The people's spirit was still determined, but the black shadow of Serov, the constant stream of silent deportations, was having its effect. It took courage to continue to resist. Budapest had the courage...
...Hungary, far from lying down under martial law, was alive and kicking its Soviet bosses. The mighty Red army had been unable to halt the paralyzing general strike of the incredible Hungarians, who abandoned street fighting after perhaps 25,000 Hungarians lost their lives, but found other ways to resist...