Word: resists
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...With gift of Johnny Walker Blue Label in hand, tell them how crushed you are that you wont be spending the next semester in the “Best House,” and that you are transferring first chance you get. Trust us, they wont be able to resist you. Extra points for actual tears...
...makes abstinence a counter-cultural phenomenon: Not everyone can handle the heat. Popular culture takes the following two truths into account: First, everyone wants to “do it like they do on the Discovery Channel.” Second, not everyone has the resolve or endurance to resist the call of the wild. Popular culture justifies the common experience of all people because it is easier than embracing a practice like abstinence, one that tests the strength of each person’s body and mind...
...sexual future. "But some parents are totally in denial," says my longtime pediatrician, Dr. Marc Wager of New Rochelle, N.Y. It's his practice to discuss the vaccine when parents bring a daughter for a checkup at 11 or 12. But he doesn't force it on those who resist, and he's willing to edit his discussion of HPV transmission for those who don't want a child to hear...
...fire these U.S. attorneys." The letter requesting an interview with Miers said: "We would appreciate the opportunity to interview you, hopefully on a voluntary basis, about your knowledge and activities concerning the termination of these U.S. attorneys." The clear implication is that if Miers or the White House should resist making her available to the Committee, a subpoena could be issued to compel her testimony...
...complaints of an injured minority with a reputation for hypochondria are not as effective as the reprimand of unanmious condemnation. In order to adopt a more powerful rhetorical position, the HRC and its peers have to be willing to resist the temptation for didactic speeches about the power of words and school yard bullies...