Word: resister
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...steer us through this everlasting night." It's typical of this intense, unsettling play that the most truthful (and very nearly the only coherent) thoughts are expressed by the character who's a stand-in for Satan. The rest are a desperate, surprisingly poignant lot who are powerless to resist their appetites yet aware that facing up to them is part of the struggle toward salvation. That struggle, and this evening, are hard to shake...
...Secret Service has certainly taken note. Legal wrangling has begun over their right to resist Starr?s subpoenas ? on the grounds that breaking their code of silence makes it hard to protect the First Family. While Janet Reno mulled the matter over, President Clinton?s supporters pounced on the agency?s crisis of confidence. ?This is a further example of desperate and apparently irresponsible tactics by Mr. Starr,? said Lanny Davis, former White House special legal counsel...
...Friday, Tripp explained, "I struggled long and hard... I was facing substantial risk of losing everything I have aspired to..." She went on to rail against "McCarthyistic" tactics, as if she were the one who had been taped and handed over to the FBI. Still, she couldn't resist adding juicy details--that some of the alleged calls were "volatile and contentious"--just in case anyone doubted she had more dirt to unload. She certainly can play the bitter secretary in the sure-to-come Lifetime movie...
...Further, it enables us to use our linguistic and calculating capabilities toward a pure pursuit, without the sense of response we demand from conversation, or the compensation we get from employment. The crossword puzzle is a two-dimensional siren, and it is only the uninitiated and deaf who can resist her call. During my time on the LIRR, I responded to the siren's cry, sharpened my crossword puzzle skills, and became a lifelong "solver...
...light of the scarcity of reliable evidence in this case, we must resist the temptation to rush to judgment. We as a citizenry ought to follow the admirable example set by members of Congress from both parties and allow the investigation to proceed. Let us uphold the principle of innocent until proven guilty...