Word: resistive
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...Anacostia River instead of in comfortable quarters with his family, worked hard, savage hours in a small, Spartan office in the Navy Building. He took nonsense from no one, not even his commander in chief, became known as one of the few men in the Government who would resist the charms of Franklin Roosevelt and press relentlessly for the things he wanted...
...lead into a sleazy race-track gambler. "Police believe," reported the conservative Daily Telegraph, "that the murder is gang war with the lid off . . . The razor and knuckle-duster gangs have turned to firearms." The Daily Sketch wondered: "Should the police now be armed?" Few London crime reporters could resist comparing their city to Chicago...
Besides the dances, there is the more distinctive institution known as the Yard Punch. These are weekly events, scheduled for Wednesday afternoons between July 11 and August 15, which pretty much resist description. One can say, however, that dress is informal, punch unspiked but cold, and attendance virtually unanimous...
...conscience. The bishops in particular find themselves faced with the gravest decision: if they refuse to acknowledge the appointment of the candidate [the frustrated canon] he will be nominated without the bishops' consent. This will cause confusion in the diocese and there will be no one left to resist the further demands of the Communists. If, on the other hand, the bishops accept the Communist-nominated priest, the bishop finds himself collaborating with the Communists...
When the accessibility of 5,000,000 books is pointed out to me, I cannot resist the temptation to multiply this figure by the fifty-cent morning lateness fine which I paid on almost every book I took out. Harvard could be rich that...