Word: resisted
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...there are low-power strategies too, and one of the most effective ones is humor. It's awfully hard to resist the charms of someone who can make you laugh, and families abound with stories of last-borns who are the clowns of the brood, able to get their way simply by being funny or outrageous. Birth-order scholars often observe that some of history's great satirists-Voltaire, Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain-were among the youngest members of large families, a pattern that continues today. Faux bloviator Stephen Colbert-who yields to no one in his ability...
...left singing accompanied only by one instrument. The ukulele of “The Penalty” comes like a cleansing sorbet after the decadence of the previous songs. “Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route)” begins simply, but Condon can’t resist indulging in his horns. Most of the record’s songs are waltzes; most feature the same full horn section, accordion, and Condon’s slow, bittersweet voice (think a higher-register Stephin Merritt). The effect isn’t unpleasant—but the album works best...
...tiny proportion of the self-help market, but perhaps a growing one. A search on www.amazon.com for “that bitch” brings up the recent publication and also “How to Get Over That Bitch and Grow Balls They Can’t Resist: The Masculine Way to Love, Leave & Attract Women,” written by a former male escort and his current wife. The authors of “That Bitch” do plan to tap into the larger, more lucrative market of female self-help readers with a follow-up called?...
...Your book is a first-cousin to "Who Moved My Cheese," which urged, 'Don't resist change...
...demo event at the 1992 Olympics. (His personal best: 135m.p.h., or 217km/h.) A business consultant with a master's degree in organizational management, Poscente admires swiftness in companies as well as individuals. Google, he says, "knows how to harness the power ofspeed," whereas Kodak "actively resisted speed even though its environment demanded it." He identifies four pop-psychology types: Zeppelins, who stubbornly resist speeding up; Balloons, whose occupations remove them from the need for speed; Bottle Rockets, who race around recklessly; and Jets, who turn speed to their advantage...