Word: succumbing
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...governor grant a pardon to a criminal if truly astonishing evidence surfaces at the twelfth hour? Absolutely. But the chances of a governor granting a pardon, and facing the political repercussion of appearing "soft on crime," is minimal. Moreover, in cases of capital punishment, ethical interests tend to succumb to political ones. For example, Sister Helen claimed that Louisiana's clemency board was a direct extension of Governor Edwin Edwards' power. Granted, Louisiana has a reputation for being more corrupt than most places, but no place is impervious to corruption...
Dudayev: Very much so. They have forced us to take the way of Islam even if we were not properly prepared to embrace Islamic values. Now we could succumb to a perverted form of Islam, which might be dangerous to the West...
Harvard should not succumb to such base techniques of persuasion. Or at least, the richest school in the country should have a higher price...
...Martin Luther King Jr. said that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. He said this about segregation and discrimination: "Let us never succumb to the temptation of believing that legislation and judicial decrees play only a minor role in solving this problem. Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless." (Quotation from Strength to Love...
This sort of historical hedging would only detract from the honor due the true Southern heroes: those who resisted the pressure from their families, refused to succumb to regionalism and were prevailed upon by their sense of justice to stand up for a higher principle--that of freedom through Union...