Word: resistive
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...many relationships: Simon's friend and provider, Ronna's drug connection, the ultimate target of the police sting and the object of Claire's budding sexual interest. Olyphant's Todd is sinister and alluring, the embodiment of a bad boy who can be both repelling and difficult to resist. Second only to Polley, Olyphant is a stand-out on screen...
...many reasons, _Go_ is perfect for short attention spans, which means it's perfect for its targeted audience. There's the temptation of quick cash, the constant, sensational series of shocking events and the impulsive tendencies of all the characters that make the movie difficult to resist. Doug Liman, who directed _Swingers_, makes sure the frenetic pace is smooth but not overproduced so the viewer's suspension of disbelief need only be marginal. And that's what the audience should appreciate: the perception of an appealing, dangerous reality that is within reach but still a safe distance away...
...best songs on the album is Ghetto Prisoners, a stirring call for the poor and downtrodden to stand up and resist the powers that keep them down. "Get up/ Wake up/ Rise," raps Nas. Another sharply realized song is Undying Love, a violent tale of a man who kills his cheating lover and then himself. Other, less talented rappers might have turned the song into something venomous and exploitative. Nas' rendering of this bloody story reminds one of Bruce Springsteen's spare, misanthropic songs on Nebraska, or even of Raymond Carver's terse short stories. The last line in Undying...
...little fast/an hour/46 minutes off, we never changed it.<= And no big surprise, our VCRs are constantly blinking 12:00. Our Sisyphean car clock operates between nine and 11, treating us to an occasional accurate reading. While it seems easier to simply change our clocks, we resist...
What the panel didn't question was Rezulin's immense promise. In most folks, insulin (a substance produced in the pancreas) helps ferry blood sugar into cells, where it is used for energy. But for the 15 million or so Americans with Type II diabetes, cells resist insulin's entry; eventually they weaken and die. Traditional treatments involve boosting the amount of insulin available to the cells. But these can have side effects, and for some people they don't work...