Word: resisted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feel that it was working, and hear an audience respond and applaud and laugh--and by that time I was 18 or 19 years old--that's when I really discovered what I should do I chose acting as a way of giving in to it. I tried to resist it, and I gave its. And in a way, that's the beat possible way to start. Because you don't have quite as marry illusions as all the other rulers...
...Dress Codes" examines the cultural codes which produce gender distinctions, and in doing so, demands a revaluation of the presumed stability of gender. The exhibition also deals effectively with the concomitant issues of sexuality and sexual orientation within the gender binarism these artists seek to resist, blur and break...
...thought of anyone "salivating" to inflict political damage to the opposing side at the expense of a possibly qualified candidate should make every American nauseated. Republicans in the Senate and the right-wing special-interest groups who support them must resist the eminently political desire for payback and give what will hopefully be a qualified nominee a fighting chance...
...Democrats must also do their part. In their first nomination opportunity since Kennedy, the Democrats should resist the temptation to bend to the liberal interest groups who desire revenge via a left-wing choice. An overly qualified, centrist choice would indicate that Clinton does not intend to sink to the cynical level of his predecessors. Democrats in the Senate must not give in to pressure to apply an abortion litmus test to the nominee; they have to be ready to have legitimate disagreements with the nominee on matters of interpretation without throwing the judge out with the baby...
Stories about medical breakthroughs are tough to resist. A wonder cure. A life restored at the stroke of a scalpel. That kind of article is exciting to writers and captures readers' imagination. This, however, is another kind of medical tale -- one that is more faithful to the way most advances truly take place. It is a story about making many small improvements in patients' treatment and care. It is a story of how each new step builds on the one before until their combined power starts to prolong lives or at least improve the quality of life that remains...