Word: resister
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...arrived presently with the book and Cheryl grabbed it, digits atremble. She beamed ably, "Blue Skies, No Candy." She looked up at her chained Kong. "Heavy, huh? Oh bummer, I lost my place. Here we are. Chapter One. 'Am I rushing things...beginning the scene in bed? I cannot resist. Bed is where I'm making it these days, friends, and sometimes it seems I'm only limping along elsewhere. Of course no one would ever suspect. On paper my life is beautiful, meaningful, creative, posh. Sensitive devoted husband, perhaps slightly less anxious about my success but it scarcely shows...
...editing of the story. "When I bought a share in a horse," he recalls, "I thought I would have the inside dope. The dope turned out to be the horse-or me." Still, when Bolwell received a long-distance tip on a horse last week, he could not resist wagering a modest sum. The horse finished dead last...
...chief executive, he sometimes surprised visitors to the Governor's mansion by appearing barefoot and in Levi's, even as Jefferson used to greet visitors to the White House in an old robe and slippers. Carter is discovering, however, that it is not quite so easy to resist the perquisites of the modern presidency...
...will it? Can we rely on students' selfish instinct for money grubbing? Maybe students today are more altruistic. Perhaps they will resist the attraction of the high dollar return on Shakespeare and Fine Arts and continue preparing themselves for lives dedicated to those non-monetary goals of Health, Justice, and Corporate Happiness...
...People's lives were destroyed by the insanity of the "commie-hunters" and many of the driving forces behind the film were only too well aware of that fact. Compelled by the need to make a poignant statement about the horrors of those years, they nevertheless could not fully resist the comic impulses with which they have been blessed. Unfortunately for The Front, their blessing was the film's curse, and their powerful statement was inadvertently but inevitably rendered ineffective...