Word: repell
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...unreasonable. I think it's time for Japan to move away from this slave mentality. Japan is the only country that is developing practical uses of superconductivity and, I believe, will master the technology in ten years. Then Japan will be at the center of industry. Japan must repel any attempt by the U.S. to prevent it from becoming more self-assertive...
...Amazonian proportions: lily pads that are 3 ft. or more across, butterflies with 8-in. wingspans and a fish called the pirarucu, which can grow to more than 7 ft. long. Amid the vast assortment of jungle life, creatures command every trick in nature's book to fool or repel predators, attract mates and grab food. Caterpillars masquerade as snakes, plants exude the smell of rotting meat to attract flies as pollinators, and trees rely on fish to distribute their seeds when the rivers flood...
...similar to what occurs in a hot oven). As a result of these massive convection currents and the differing rates of solar rotation, the magnetic lines of force begin wrapping around the sun like ropes. The wrapping action stretches the ropes and creates magnetic fields so strong that they repel the surrounding solar gases. In effect, this makes the magnetic regions lighter than the gases, and they begin to rise. Some reach the surface and become sunspots, dark because they are cooler than surrounding incandescent gases...
...store will either repel you or draw you in. Some people won't buy books there, others spend hours looking at the books and talking to the employees. It's true, they make no pretense of their politics and if you don't see them in the store, you might see them in the Square selling the bi-weekly Workers' Vanguard...
While Time said it would give the Paramount bid a fair hearing, as the law requires, there was every indication that Time's top executives would fight to repel the intruder. In a three-page "Dear Mr. Davis" letter, Munro chastised the Paramount chairman for breaking his spoken agreement to leave Time alone: "On a personal level, I'm disappointed that I can't rely on you as a man of your word. Live and learn." Munro said the Paramount offer consisted of "smoke and mirrors," since it was subject to several conditions that included Paramount's ability to obtain...