Word: resorting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Actually, the possibility of a U.S. invasion never became really imminent. It was considered?and promptly rejected in any situation short of unspecified "dire circumstances" or as a "last resort." One reason was that the Joint Chiefs of Staff adamantly opposed such a move. Their opposition was so emphatic that they even offered political objections. If ordered to execute such an operation they would, of course, have done so, but most reluctantly...
...Despite their growing opposition to the use of American arms in Viet Nam, they have come to accept violence when used by "oppressed peoples." Thus the grants should have come as no surprise. Last year a W.C.C. sponsored conference urged churches to support revolutions when they are the last resort in fighting tyranny...
...upon an angry confrontation in the town of Sparta. In the Faulknerian courthouse, gun-toting black parents waited impatiently while the school board debated whether or not to open the schools on time. Eventually, the board decided to delay-and the blacks, bitter though they were, decided not to resort to gunplay. What they did do was unburden to Range the extent of their frustration-and hope...
...Soviet Union, medical authorities have clamped tight restrictions on travel to busy southern resort cities. In Israel, health teams are making daily checks of water pipelines, wells and reservoirs and summarily closing restaurants that fall short of tough new standards of hygiene. Paris hospitals have begun rationing vaccine, and medical officers at French airports are reminding pilots of inbound airliners to report by radio any unusual gastrointestinal disorders among passengers and crews so that medical teams can meet the plane...
...better if they are not pushed too hard," says Vincent DePaul Draddy, president of David Crystal, Inc. "The mini crept up over a period of years. The midi should now creep down over a number of years." It well may. Around the saltwater pool at Harbor Beach, Mich., a resort frequented by well-to-do Detroiters and St. Louisans, a group of women took a pledge this summer to use pantsuits to tide them over the midi indecision. Many women elsewhere apparently feel the same way. Across the country, pants sales are up, and midi sales have not moved much...