Word: resisted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This open admission of personal weakness is disarming, hiding the fact that Naipaul is really commenting on human nature: all of us occasionally choose to "forget" embarrassing incidents. Such "I'm guilty, too" tactics are part of the essence of Naipaul's powerful style: it is difficult to resist his criticism of human flaws when he includes himself...
...play's message is not as subtle as its movement. The director, divinity student Laureen Smith, who wrote the play, cannot resist turning every intimate exchange between husband and wife into a scathing condemnation of a society that silently condones the exploitation of women. Least the audience forget, Smith periodically sends a bruised woman across the stage to state haltingly that beatings are simply a marital duty...
...well they distinguish themselves from any one of the millions of Athens, Ga. groups already on their road to stardom. The Blake Babies did a pretty good job of differentiation. Their guitar riffs, though familiar, did not sink into Southern cliches, and their lead vocalist managed to resist comparisons to the B-52's. It was a matter of no small consolation that, with songs titled "Boiled Potato" and "Cocaine Slut," one did not have to worry about mumbled and pretentiously obscure lyrics. Killing knee-jerk comparisons is a tough job, and one that the Blake Babies did well...
...majority cannot resist the temptation to wag its finger at the selection of Governor Dukakis as the Class Day speaker. Their dissatisfaction apparently stems from nothing more than an overwhelming desire to be dissatisfied...
EVERY YEAR, I swear I'm going to miss the Oscars. Then, no matter how hard I try, I can't resist sticking my finger back in the proverbial electrical socket. This year was no exception. The Indiana-Syracuse game ended about two and a half hours too early, and the lack of any suitable Hogan's Heroes reruns meant certain doom. My dial was irresistibly drawn over...