Word: resists
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...temptations of designer jeans at Jasmine Sola, an apple martini at Noir, a full membership to Wellbridge Gym, or a weekend jaunt to the Cape may be difficult to resist, but assessing what it is you really want and coupling that with careful budgeting is key to coming to peace with your spending habits...
...must resist the urge to woo the middle class by working for a Democratic Party that serves the wealthy. If you think the middle class is earning $73,000 per year, you might woo them by gutting social programs and cutting taxes—and some Democrats advocate doing just that. But if you recognize that most people earn less than $42,000 per year, you realize that the real middle class often relies on social programs and spends significantly more money on payroll taxes—those regressive little buggers that Bush never thought to cut—than...
...very curious person by nature. My character leans toward aggressiveness, and I like it that way. I immediately recognize the problem, know right away that something is far too expensive, that something needs improvement. I notice things, and I don't resist change...
...breakneck speed or the hilarity of Smith's first book. It's also strikingly different from her 2002 disappointment The Autograph Man, which degenerated into an artificially clever, pop-saturated riff on the anxieties of being twentysomething, and cast a shadow over her early successes. She still can't resist dotting the pages with inside references to everything from Tupac Shakur to Harold Bloom. But this time she shows greater restraint - and self-awareness. In the past, Smith's chief flaw was similar to that of Zora Belsey, Howard's ambitious daughter, a sophomore at his university, who tries...
AMERICAN BLACK BEAR Weight: 130 to 660 lbs. Length: Up to 6 ft. 3 in. Range: Much of Canada; 32 U.S. states, mostly in the Rockies, Appalachians and Ozarks; northern Mexico How dangerous: Not especially. The black bear avoids humans but can't resist garbage dumps; will attack if cornered Status: Thriving throughout most of its range