Word: resistive
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...expected of France would have taxed a far stronger and more politically wholesome nation. The U.S. insisted-quite rightly-that France make an firm promise of independence to the Indo-Chinese states. This enraged some influential French figures. At the same time, the U.S. was encouraging the French to resist Red aggression to the utmost. The two U.S. pressures on a weakened France had the effect of asking it for sacrifices in an area where, the U.S. insisted, France's responsibilities must soon...
...school is run by two beautiful and accomplished women, Mlles. Julie and Cara (Edwige Feuillère and Simone Simon). Julie, the more active, more masculine of the two, cannot resist charming the children given to her charge and trying to win more affection than she has a right to. Desperate for attention herself, the weak Cara subsides into a peevish hypochondria, keeps to her room and lets control of the school pass to Julie...
...reports, and distinguished as it may have been, it was drastically losing subscribers. In competition with attractively packaged and styled publications like Time and The New Yorker, the magazine obviously needed a complete brightening, both visually and journalistically; but its staff, accustomed to 20 years of traditionalism, tended to resist any change...
...should not remain in Indo-China and win. They have greater manpower and a tremendous advantage over their adversaries, particularly in air power." The great "problem," however, is one of "spirit." Heart and will to win are essential; French and Vietnamese forces must be given encouragement to fight and resist...
Some solution must come. The refugee commissioner for the UN has repeatedly asked for more liberal immigration policies and renewed support for an IRO to coordinate actions. But many nations object to any infringement of their sovereignity and will resist any type of centralized authority. Yet if the problem is not attacked anew it will only mean the continued suffering of millions, and a weakening of the West's united front against communism...