Word: resister
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They took him by the arms and half-dragged him, but he didn't resist too much. I was alone again, and again I did not know for how long. Again with the feeling that he was completely in their hands, that they could do whatever they wanted, beat him, inject him, kill him, anything...
...current top tax brackets ask their employers to hold back part of their pay until next year. Similarly, lawyers, dentists and other professionals may want customers to take a few months longer to pay their bills so that the money comes in when rates are lower. Their customers might resist that idea, however, since they will want to take their deductions while rates are still high...
When Galbraith was first affiliated with Winthrop House 50 years ago as a graduate student, the house was considered the most progressive of the houses because it was the first to resist discrimination against the Irish...
...centers. Today there are about 4,000 such dealers, who account for 50% of U.S. comic-book sales. As always, success has inspired imitators. B. Dalton and Waldenbooks have begun carrying comics in most of their 1,753 bookstores. Supermarkets, which account for about 35% of magazine sales, still resist the trend, on the ground that comic books attract loitering youths. Nonetheless, the Waldbaum, Pathmark and Safeway chains have decided that Archie Comics are clean-cut enough to be displayed at check-out counters...
...going in for one of the free trial sessions offered by the salons. Body Bronze will let you lie in brightly lit splendor for 15 minutes, and Tanorama will give you eight, just so you can see if you like it. And, much as you may resist, you probably will...