Word: resister
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Radcliffe President Horner, for instance, cannot resist listing a Dr. Seuss book, The Sneetches, and Other Stories among the books she's loved before. Professor Gould, after telling us how he played stickball as a street-kid in New York City, includes Lucky to Be a Yankee by Joe DiMaggio on his list of great books, following Darwin's The Origin of Species...
...investor, Tisch has a talent for controlling his emotions, which enables him to resist most popular waves of fear or greed. He can be utterly unsentimental when money is involved. Last year, for example, he sold off the company's chain of movie theaters, the original heart of Loews...
...debate with the front runner, Julian Bond, Lewis challenged his opponent to on-the-spot urinalysis. "We can go outside and go to the men's room and take the test right now," said he. Bond refused, as he had before, saying, "I think true leadership is to resist this demagoguery, this McCarthyism." Lewis won a narrow upset, and doubts about Bond's commitment to the antidrug crusade may have been a small factor...
...week affair. It must go beyond drugs to teach children how to develop the self-esteem that those tempted by narcotics usually lack and how to deal with strains and tensions without turning to drugs. It must not only tell children to say no but train them to resist peer pressure. And it must be realistic: Booze, for example, candidly tells children that drugs produce a giddy high similar to riding a swing, but he goes on to detail what follows that high...
...professors can't take distractions and can't do their work, they ought to resist them," said Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, one of Harvard's more prolific professors...