Word: resistable
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...Challenge: The Shi'ite mainstream will be doing its utmost to see that elections actually take place in January, finally giving the Shi'ites an influence commensurate with their numbers over Iraq's destiny. They're likely to resist any effort to postpone a poll, particularly because Sistani and the parties close to him are under pressure among ordinary Shi'ites as a result of the challenge of the more radical element led by Moqtada Sadr. If elections are held on schedule, he'll feel his caution was vindicated. If there's a delay, Sistani will be caught between pressure...
...chairman of Arizona's Democratic Party is absurd when he says the 2004 election is only "about George Bush and John Kerry." To deny Nader, who is running as an independent candidate, a place on the ballot is dangerous to the electoral system. Furthermore, voters who support Nader should resist claims that a vote for Nader is a vote for Bush. Instead, they should focus on Nader's government-reform movement, which, without proper support in the 2004 election, would come to a firm halt. BRIAN MAHONEY Cranford...
...Tenet on all sides. Within the Bush Administration, Defense Department hawks have been insisting for years that the CIA was making timid evaluations of evidence about Saddam Hussein's weapons capability or possible ties to al-Qaeda. On the other side, critics of the war say Tenet did not resist strongly enough the alleged pressure to provide the White House with pretexts it needed for an invasion of Iraq that it had already decided upon. It all came to a head in April with the publication of Bob Woodward's book Plan of Attack, which includes a scene in which...
...grew up with in Paris. "When I go out, I want to taste a little salt, sugar, have a platter of cheese and charcuterie ..." he says, trailing off as he recalls feasts of yore. Few of those fatty foods make the cut at his restaurant, but Oliver couldn't resist putting a rich chocolate mousse on the menu. Will gym rats splurge as a post-workout reward? Says Oliver with a shrug: "It's an experiment...
...think the charge may have been one they give to African-Americans when they are arrested and resist arrest,” Hunt said in an interview last week. Asked about police claims that he grabbed for the officer’s gun, he said, “There was certainly no attempt at murdering a police officer...