Word: resistive
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...Wilson said that the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy under Connecticut's Senator Brien Mc-Mahon was trying to become "a super board of directors," and argued that Dean, who was formerly a law partner of McMahon's, had neither the ability nor the inclination to resist political interference...
...allowed to address the Council. In calm, precise English, Chang declared that the invasion was "an all-out effort. . . to bring my country under the domination of the Communist-supported puppet regime of North Korea." Slowly and with emphasis, Chang told the tense delegates: "We are determined to resist, and will lay down our lives. This is a crime against humanity. . . We appeal to the Security Council to act forthwith...
...triregnum, his three-tiered crown, spoke from a portable throne to a throng that stretched before him for a quarter of a mile. Calling upon the world to follow the example of "the little sweet Martyr of Purity," he asked the young people in the crowd whether they would resist any attempt against their virtue. "Si!" they shouted in chorus...
...roared against: wore her clothes the way they did, and had that little gold chain on her ankle; walked the way they must have done, hip bones loose in their sockets, the bottom part of her stomach held well forward . . ." Eustis prayed mightily but he found Beulah impossible to resist...
Annie Get Your Gun, of course, stands or falls on its Annie. The rest of the cast, from Buffalo Bill to Chief Sitting Bull, is perfectly adequate. The miscellaneous Indians, cowboys, etc., who comprise the cast of thousands, are too numerous. Dear old MGM could simply not resist the temptation to stage a spectacle...