Word: resistable
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...Staff, Defense Minister and Premier, Lon Nol ended the 1,000-year-old Khmer monarchy by overthrowing Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 while he was out of the country. Although Lon Nol's republic was propped up by American military aid, it proved unpopular, corrupt and too weak to resist the forces of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, who after seizing power killed an estimated one million Cambodians (out of 7.3 million). Shortly before Lon Nol fled to asylum in the U.S., he said, accurately, "If the other side took over, they would kill all the educated people...
...hurry! Like almost everything else in the postholiday season, the skies themselves are on sale. The tailwinds are a bargain you can't afford to miss. With prices this low, staying at home is almost a crime, like being debt-free in a credit-card society. How can anyone resist these tags: Boston to Miami: was $99, now only $69. Dallas to Denver: was $95, now only $69. New York to Los Angeles: was $149, now only $99. Make your reservations immediately. Take the kids. Take Grandma and Grandpa. Buy your brother-in-law a oneway ticket to anywhere...
...Pets Dogster www.dogster.com It was only a matter of time before someone created a Friendster for dogs, and this one is too goofy to resist. The site is easy to use-each pup gets a home page, complete with profile, photos and links to all his pals. (What's hard is explaining yourself to the not-so-crazy-about-canines crowd.) Special tool buttons to give a treat, invite friendship, send a message or read a diary...
...election audio tape which he received from a military intelligence agent. Ong claimed the tape was genuine and incriminating of Arroyo, and after the press conference he hurried to a Catholic seminary for sanctuary. A jittery Jose de Venecia, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told lawmakers they must resist any attempt to bring Arroyo down. "The next few days will be difficult moments for our country and people," he said. "Let's not take this idly...
...with the devil," he tells his captors. The interrogators respond by forcing him to stand or sit immobile on a metal chair. He tries to deflect questions about where he went in Afghanistan with answers apparently drawn directly from an al-Qaeda handbook, given to terrorists, about how to resist interrogations. When al-Qahtani resorts to a handbook answer, his handlers reply that it amounts to another admission of guilt...