Word: succumbing
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...Despite these efforts, however, terrorism experts warn that some American Muslims will continue to succumb to extremist calls for holy war against their own country. Some will be inflamed by the continued presence of U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Says Hooper: "Extremists use U.S. foreign policy as a recruitment tool...
...same way a skilled raconteur could millennia ago. Doomsday prophecies are a part of nearly every society on the globe; whether they involve Mayan calendars, judgment days, or doctors named Strangelove, people love to speculate about how such a complex and diverse ecosystem as Earth could suddenly succumb to the powers that...
...that doesn’t matter. What matters is that it, like its predecessors, allows audiences to escape into their own minds and ponder some of the biggest questions ever asked. And for that reason, it will surely continue to fill entire theatres with the same suckers who succumb to these movies every single year...
...Where Britain leads, at least on television, others follow. In recent years, programs as diverse as The Office and Strictly Come Dancing have made comfortable transitions across the Atlantic, and reality TV show formats have found multiple berths abroad. If viewers succumb to the charms of six disabled characters behaving badly, the rest of the world may soon be scrambling to recondition Cast Offs...
...fasting can lead to profound self-reflection as well. Those few hours before the sun sets and one is allowed to eat are precisely the time in which one realizes just how easy it is to succumb to temptation. The idea that all it takes is a candy bar to bring a man to his knees is a supremely humbling idea. This weakness rightly serves to remind us of how fragile we are as individuals...