Word: resisted
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...outside forces and live independently. The second half concerns the coming of coal mining and company towns, the rise and decline of the union movement, the exhaustion of the old industrial base and the redemptive efforts of the environmental movement -- all outside forces that the locals are helpless to resist. The rhetoric begins with assertions of rampant individual freedom and evolves into a more mature recognition of individual responsibility...
...warning signals in both pets and wild animals. Loss of coordination, increased aggressiveness or even a strange meow or bark in an unvaccinated pet may be a sign that it should be confined and watched for 10 days. When confronted with a wild animal behaving unnaturally, people should resist the impulse to help and should notify the police. In fact, all wildlife should be observed from a distance. Says Dr. Mark Chassin, New York State health commissioner: "If a nocturnal animal like a raccoon is on a main street at noon in New York, one should assume it's rabid...
...congressional liberals are still bound to resist expanding capital punishment, especially given the absence of evidence that doing so will actually prevent violent crime. "If you can show me how adding 50 more death- penalty provisions is going to deter one person, then I am for it," says Michigan Congressman John Conyers, a leader of the Congressional Black Caucus. "Why not 100 more? How about I reach your 100 and I bid 110, and someone else that's tougher on crime is for 150? So what? The one thing that's been proved in my 30 years in this business...
...even the insidest insiders resist the obvious implication that they use networking--rather than the strength of their arguments--to persuade legislators. One Senate committee has frustrated past efforts by the vitamin industry to fend off increased federal regulations. So one industry association hired a former employee of the committee chair to press its case...
...that they keep the garage immaculate. Oil spills were mopped instantly, while car parts were piled like groceries -- in perfect stacks. Ever wily, he split his operation into distinct divisions: thieves and choppers. No one but Wills knew the complete workings of the business. Still, the boss could not resist the occasional bit of brazen bravado. Detectives trailing him once saw Wills calmly lean out the window of a hot 1970 yellow Corvette to banter with a policeman...