Word: resists
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...miles northwest of Tehran) praised me for planning a vaginal delivery. "Most women these days just aren't willing," he said wistfully. Usually, I'm reluctant to admit my decision, as people tend to exclaim "how interesting!" with faux cheer for my medieval birthing plans. My friends cannot resist trying to convince me to get sliced open. They cheerfully tug up their shirts, and flash me their discreet little scars, always pointing out how they fall under the bikini line...
Smarter writers than I have tried to figure out why Americans resist the regulation of business and markets, often even when we would personally stand to benefit from that regulation. But you could do worse than to start with the fact that for more than 70 years, we have played a game whose object is to corner a market and beggar our neighbors. Every year pundits decry video games like Bully or Grand Theft Auto, yet our first introduction to one of business's most predatory, illegal practices is through a widely loved game with adorable doggy and thimble pieces...
...Well, if it's a conspiracy, it's an inside job. After all, women love them as much as men - maybe more. Even at 5'10", I can't resist high heels. So I'll wait for the Oliver Stone movie exposing the whole Jimmy Choo/Manolo Blahnik axis of heels scheme...
Walla rejects the idea of a buy button as "science fiction," and most researchers say the technology allows them only to observe how brains work, not to control them. Says Brammer: "I have got a lot of respect for the power of the human spirit to resist being manipulated." As proof, Smidts says, "a lot of advertising doesn't work. It's hard to persuade and influence people...
...Although Tehran has offered less than the West had demanded, it is making a smart calculation that the Europeans will resist heading down the path of confrontation as long as Iran is willing to offer a credible mechanism for addressing Western concerns over its uranium enrichment...