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She felt that she must lean toward him, and resisted by an effort. Then, too, there was the counter impulse to shrink away from him.

Officials have played down the prospect of a change in strategy; Germany has so far resisted a fresh round of growth-boosting initiatives.

Yet weeks later he told Hariri that President Lahoud was staying, and he would break Beirut over the premier's head if he resisted this.

Yet she resisted the urge to turn to surgery or cosmetic procedures and started eliminating the age lines from her job search instead.

The White House has said Osama Bin Laden was not armed when he was killed by US forces, but he resisted the attempt to capture him alive.

His biggest achievement was to do what he'd initially resisted at Goldman and transform the "Big Board" into a public company.

Barclays has so far resisted taking any government capital, and is therefore expected to pay any fee for an insurance scheme in cash.

The temptation to loosen belts must be resisted if the airline is to be ready for what Mr Grinstein calls the next "inevitable downturn" .

Their star striker has so far resisted surgery but his workload over the past few years is beginning to weigh heavily.

She had not resisted, but he had kissed the smile away; had kissed a strange, cold, frightened look into her eyes.

In the early 1990s he resisted the temptation to endlessly print money or to return to a command economy, turning to the IMF instead.

"Nope, " I said, with a grin. I resisted looking at him.

He curled his finger underneath her chin, and gently lifted her face to look at him. She could have easily resisted, but she didn't.

She said that he and his mother had forced her to work all day on the bellows, and he'd beaten her when she resisted.

So far the government has resisted those efforts, a move that seems to be in keeping with shifting public sentiment.

It was thought he might have resisted arrest, but in the event he accompanied the officers to the Police Station, as meek as a lamb.

But, Walker says, she resisted the pressure "to make a book I really wasn't all that desperate to read. "

"Oh, I'm really sorry to hear that, " Stephen said. He resisted the temptation to hug this sweet man.

Imagine the difference it might have made to Ireland and Iceland, say, if supervisors there had resisted banks' eye-watering credit growth.

This must be resisted at all costs, and care must also be taken to see that the ardent male doesn't "talk" the lyrics of songs.

So far the Glazers have resisted attempts to drive them out of Old Trafford even though the fans have been so critical of their reign.

This time the urge she resisted was to ask if he'd called his mother yet.

Until recently, many hospitals would have resisted steps that moved patients out of intensive care and into a room that costs $800 a day.

Farewell ants, and she has a BB, I strongly resisted the days to see her in her pregnancy, even grew strongly ruled out.

The soldier nodded. William resisted the urge to look at Bridey in surprise. Thank you for your service? Where had she learned to say that?

Paris has so far resisted adopting the Gold Standard, but has financial reasons to be receptive to U. S. suggestions that it reconsider.

When the rebels moved in to take the president's country palace the next day, no one resisted. The president had gone.

Peres resisted the pleas of his supporters to answer the ads until the very end of the campaign, and by then it was too late.

Republican leaders resisted pressure fromthe banking industry to block him from his new subcommittee chairmanship.

The Tories have so far resisted calls to pledge tax cuts, saying the recession makes such a pledge implausible.

Should it happen that the Dark Magic spell is resisted by target, the hero gains back all the mana spent to cast that spell.

I resisted the temptation to say that if he lost $100, 000 for me, I would not return his phone calls either.

efforts, shared bitter hatred against the enemy, and jointly resisted foreign aggression.

He took hold of the shoe on the dead woman 's foot. It resisted and came off with difficulty .

Worked as defendant's golden eagle not to be able to acknowledge again naturally resisted to sell.

Even though the financial crisis is about a year old, plenty of executives have resisted that notion.

As a rule, they have such an aim consciously when they find themselves resisted; when others are doing things they do not wish them to do.

"It's been exciting trying to solve a mystery that has resisted solution for sixty years, " Jackson said.

The idea that anger can be a problem all on its own is one that many psychiatrists and psychologists have traditionally resisted.

Paul Rice, chief executive of Fair Trade USA, said the fair trade movement was dominated by hard-liners who resisted needed changes.

Doctors say that when she was first presented with her new prosthetic leg, Mosha was scared of it and resisted the doctors' help.

It came as Americans resisted big corporations like the First Bank of the United States, chartered by Congress.

Nato defence ministers have resisted calls for an air exclusion zone over Libya.

Previously, the commission had resisted accepting the nonpublic schools as a linchpin, but the moment demanded pragmatism.

They did not know what vaccinations were, so they resisted strongly.

In the case of a word like democracy, not only is there no agreed definition, but the attempt to make one is resisted from all sides.

Why do you think the Agency resisted his release so vigorously and for such a protracted period of time?

France resisted Britain's wish to see NATO take over the mission.

I saw a tempting bait indeed, and not to be resisted by one of my occupation.

The strength of the sales to businesses was a real highlight for Microsoft, because many companies have resisted buying new PCs.

So far, China has fiercely resisted American calls for a meaningful re-evaluation of the renminbi.

After solidifying the role of its currency in its domestic market China resisted the next logical step.

On one occasion when the shepherd laid hold of him, he grunted and squeaked and resisted violently.

So far, the bank has resisted, arguing this wouldn't be legal under European law.

Each time, there were smart people at the top who resisted change, he said.

That idea is viewed by many economists as the key to any comprehensive solution to the crisis, but resisted by Germany.

Once it was the nation's undisputed fashion authority, but it too long resisted the incoming casual style and lost its monopoly.

I was one girl among three boys, and when I resisted hiding, my two brothers and my parents insisted that I go.

If you carry a large sum of cash with you, you'll risk being robbed and the temptation to spend it carelessly may not be resisted.

"They've wanted to do this project since founding the company, " Mr Schmidt said this week. "I resisted for the first six years. "

The plastering had here, in great measure, resisted the action of the fire - a fact which I attributed to its having been recently spread.

Beijing, which has veto power in the U. N. Security Council, has resisted tough Security Council action against Sudan over the conflict.

After baffling biologists for decades, the female orgasm has resisted yet another attempt to explain its elusive evolutionary origins.

The Sudanese government has long resisted such a deployment, accusing the UN of being an agent of the West.

But Russia has long resisted the proposal as a threat to its own strategic deterrent.

Of the major regions, only Europe, led by the European Central Bank, has resisted joining the stimulus party so far.

You've resisted giving the chairman a piece of your mind and stolen the requisite number of Post-It notes.

so we started to arrest him for extortion and he resisted arrest.

Bottom-up reform cannot be resisted because it requires no negotiations, avoids confrontations, and it spreads like an unstoppable plague.

China has seemingly resisted years of US pressure to revalue the renminbi and the pace of nominal revaluation remains low.

My Chinese-born parents tried to teach me Mandarin when I was a child, but I resisted their efforts and could only speak very brokenly.

Researchers used computer models to probe how water molecules form structures, a phenomenon that has resisted visual examination so far.

I resisted the pressure and asked the officials to call the National Intelligence Service.

And a central dogma of the Islamists is that Israel is an implant that must be violently resisted and eventually destroyed.

Her grandfather resisted, afraid the unfamiliar client might back out of its contract after the machine was built.

But to help the worst-off, commerce must be enlisted, managed, and regulated, not resisted.

This was a position put forward by Mrs. Clinton during her visit to Beijing this week , which so far the Chinese have resisted.

When the Japanese occupied Shanghai, they forced the Jews into a ghetto, but resisted German demands to deport them to concentration camps.

But it was not profitable enough to sustain the expansion, mainly because the editorial staff resisted moves to improve efficiency.

We have passed the testing of enamel intensity, corrosiveness -resisted, high temperature-resistant, thermal consistent and lead in and out.

The painting has yellowed from layers of varnish applied over the centuries, but the Louvre has resisted pressure to touch it up.

I resisted the powerful urge to ask him to play for just one more summer.

All these measures are generally resisted by Japanese managers or only take place in time scales measured in years, not months.

The bank strongly resisted cutting interest rates.

I resisted the proposal with obstinacy ; and now I began to arm myself with arguments.

That same relaxed attitude is why Bryant said he has long resisted offers to become an NBA assistant.

The introduction of changes is usually resisted.

I'm one of those "computer" consultants who has resisted providing clients with "phone services. "

In the Senate, where the Democrats retain a majority, Republican leaders had initially resisted calls for a moratorium.

For decades Singapore's government resisted pressure to allow casinos at all, fearful of the crime and social ills they might breed.

For decades Singapore's government resisted pressure to allow casinos at all, fearful of the crime and social ills they might breed.

The banks, so far, have resisted, mindful of the strictures placed on them the last time they took the government's coin.

Since the forward push is resisted only by the slight friction of the ice, the skater can glide easily.

The soldiers resisted the enemy attacks for three years.

France has also resisted making NATO the place where the big transatlantic issues can be discussed.

The bank, which won its independence only in the 1990s, has previously resisted such pressure.

Devaluation was seen as a national humiliation, so was resisted until the last minute.

Keeping that lined up in production is a challenge for factory workers and, as a result, engineers resisted it, say company officials.

So far, however, Mr. Tsang has resisted calls to make more land available for development through public auctions.

The Germans continued their attacks on Britain from the air . A small number of pilots resisted the much larger German Air Force.

I confess I had a mother who taught me a different way of life, one I resisted at first but learned to embrace.

It's a tall order for a brand that has resisted a decade's worth of attempts to turn it around.

Opting for discretion rather than valour, he has also resisted the temptation to drive anywhere near the mess for a first-hand look.

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

The Afghan government has so far resisted American pressure for aerial spraying, preferring to rely on tractors.

Bolstered by finance from the City, he resisted the lure of a foreign takeover, ultimately listing on the London Stock Exchange.

So far, China has resisted paying a price for releasing carbon into the air.

But the administration has resisted being pinned down on concrete deficit reduction.

California's attempts to make cars less polluting had been bitterly resisted by both carmakers and President George Bush.

Many Sunnis have resisted cooperating with Iraq's unity government for fear they would be discriminated against by Iraq's Shiite majority.

It is a wonder how any man of feeling could have resisted the invitation.

The contemporary art market has experienced a dramatic boom in recent years and has so far resisted the effect of the credit crisis.

The soldiers resisted the enemy's attack bravely.

Mr da Silva denounces the invasion of Iraq, yearns for a "new geography" that would dilute American power and has resisted the FTAA.

The soldiers resisted the enemy attacks for two days.

I considered offering to feed her but resisted, as it seemed too intimate a service to offer to a stranger.

The Bush administration was understood to have resisted the deal because 3 Com was a supplier to the defence department.

Always eager to help lovers in distress, Aphrodite was equally quick to punish those who resisted the call of love .

Americans have been at the vanguard of such requests, resisted by the Chinese as they seek to safeguard their economic recovery.

During the last prove flu season, 12% of H1N1 viruses viruses tested in the United States were resisted resistant to Tamiflu.

She has resisted criticising countries, including China, for tough quarantine measures and pork bans that clash with her agency's advice.

The idea of a permanent president of the European Council was resisted by many smaller countries.

For years Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, America's mortgage giants, resisted the creation of a regulator that could close them down.

Schools turned into factories and ever since have resisted all efforts to break from a monolithic batch-process approach.

Opposition arose in Congress from some southern members who resisted providing that much money on an equal basis to blacks and whites.

She resisted him, finding another white lover by whom she had two children, who went to live with her grandmother.

Technologists from neighbouring disciplines were forced to collaborate in a way that they had resisted.

Abu Dhabi and Bangalore have so far resisted the downwards trend, though by wildly differing degrees.

The call of protectionism was also resisted, proof that we had learned the lesson of the Great Depression 80 years before.

Yet the old shaman, sensing that his people would be enslaved to hatred forever, somehow resisted the demon's command.

Japan has long resisted pressure to stop scientific whaling, insisting whaling is a cherished cultural tradition.

I warned that any Soviet military intervention would be resisted and wreck the entire fabric of US-Soviet relations.

Portugal has come under quiet pressure from other European governments over several months to take a bailout, but Mr. Socrates has resisted.

CONCLUSIONS: The internally threaded post system resisted oblique loading forces similarly to a solid post system.

It found strong demand at low price levels, but companies have resisted paying the same prices Harvard charges in the U. S.

Brenda's upbringing, in contrast, was tragic. From the outset, she resisted her parents'efforts to steer her in a " feminine" direction.

It says the unit commander, Lt. Colonel Michael Holmes, resisted the orders, but his team was required to comply, at least to some extent.

In rescuing Greece, Ireland, and Portugal, European leaders vehemently resisted any solution that smacked of default by a eurozone country.

During the 8-year war against Japanese invasion, China, as the main anti-fascist battlefield, resisted 70% of the Japanese aggressors.

One by one, the free lands of Middle-Earth fell to the power of the Ring. But there were some who resisted.

Beijing is already under intense domestic pressure, which it has so far largely resisted, to weaken the currency in order to boost exports.

American officials said Bin Laden resisted and was shot in the head. He was later buried at sea.

He has resisted calls to resign , arguing that he needs to stay in place to steer UBS out of the crisis .

The city's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has so far resisted pressure to restore funding.

The first is to be regretted, but basically left to the law and the market; the second should be resisted.

For years, BMW resisted building hybrid cars, believing that more efficient gasoline or diesel models were a smarter bet.

That urge needs to be resisted until the economy is again approaching full employment.

Standard tests demonstrated and reproduced pain at the lateral epicondyle with resisted extension of the wrist and fingers.

The oak trees resisted the wind with their strength but the wind proved stronger.

In Git, you can be The Wonderful Monkey Of Wittgenstein if you want (I resisted the temptation).

But they have resisted that temptation so far: their regulator is rightly nervous, partly about the currency risks involved.

So far, users have also resisted subscription models for online newspapers.

But it went into steep decline in the 19th century as its rulers resisted mimicking Japan's embrace of Western technology.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said Tuesday that bin Laden resisted the assault team.

Local staff have resisted, warning that a more assertive tribunal risks sowing unrest among the many former cadres in the country.

But Beijing has resisted, mainly because its inclusion would require a currency more freely convertible than it is now.

But it's important that you show you're up on new technolgies that you may have resisted before, like social networks and mobile technology.

Such pressure will be resisted by the Germans, who remain comfortable with the euro's strength and always hate criticism of the ECB.

I thought of friends who worked in the towers and resisted an urge to run to Ground Zero to find them.

But this form of protectionism must be resisted.

XINJIANG AND Tibet are the two principal areas within the Chinese state whose inhabitants have resisted the pull of Chinese civilization.

Previously, China has resisted any talk of taking on a target of its own.

I resisted the idea because we had never been to that place and besides, most of our friends from Taiwan had wanted to stay in this country.

I have tried to remain focused on my own life and have resisted the temptation to tell other people about themselves.

Others have resisted giving cash, but have tried to calm homeowners by offering discounts on management services.

It's not clear what's happened to the pro-Gaddafi forces, who'd resisted their advance for so long.

The 3, 500-pounder resisted the first gaff for an hour and a half and thrashed for another hour before they got the tail-rope round it.

But when Cephas came to Antioch, I resisted him to the face, because he stood condemned.

Singapore has long resisted introducing a full-scale social welfare system, saying it would sap workers of initiative.

For banks that have resisted the temptations of the boom, this looks like a golden chance to snap up rivals cheaply.

The adult resisted the biweekly blood draw, believing it would "drain them of energy. "

It has resisted calls from other council members for harsher sanctions against Iran's nuclear program.

The United States had previously resisted the 2 Celsius goal, which scientists say is a critical threshold to avoid.

Tim Geithner, the treasury secretary, has resisted direct confrontation with China over the yuan's value.

The Czech international is still going strong at the age of 36, but he has resisted calls to play on.

Similarly, the gambling scandal is ultimately about professionalising and modernising the JSA, which has long resisted reform.

Disputes are especially common in the Pearl River manufacturing area in southeastern China. Companies there have resisted raising wages.

Initially, the country managers resisted, fearing some of their local financial clients might lose out.

Acts 18: 6 But when they resisted and blasphemed , he shook out his garments and said to them, Your blood be upon your head; I am clean.

Bin Laden himself then resisted the troops and was shot dead, but was not armed, he added.

Though often resisted because misunderstood, feminist archetypal criticism already has proven its value and bids fair to flourish.

I resisted the urge, but when the time came and they roared to life, I boycotted for an hour or two.

Germany needs only one to manage cash and settlements for its savings banks but the state premiers have resisted pressure for mergers.

In retrospect that suggests the Japanese should have removed controls earlier; in practice, though, Japan resisted reform.

He resisted Cromwell's personal ambitions to be crowned king and faced dissersions and strike among his compatriots.

The two have resisted attempts to move them, said Sanai Yamauchi, a vice chairman of the Naraha City Council.

Bangladeshi freedom fighters resisted the Pakistani Army and India gave shelter to the refugees and helped the freedom fighters.

Several NATO members, notably the United Kingdom, resisted NATO's use of force for more than two years.

For too long, I resisted forgiving because I had confused "forgiveness" with "approval. " Nothing could be further from the truth.

Any attempt of the major powers to dominate small countries should be resolutely resisted.

Winston has shouted and resisted helplessly, and even whooped Julia's name in his dream, but it just brought him crueler torture.

Like its crude counterpart, the march of the vegetable-oil business is not easily resisted.

Many Republicans and the White House have resisted that proposal.

When the intellectuals served the old China, the left wing resisted, the middle wavered, and only the right wing stood firm.

Even Apple, which has resisted this cut-rate trend, is offering modestly lower prices or higher specs for the same prices as before.

From the start, the majlis resisted many of his choices for cabinet jobs. It also rejected many of his spending plans.

But for his respect and loyalty for his emotion, the soldier resisted everything and reaped his true love.

He tried to pin me down, but I resisted.

Well, congratulate yourself that you resisted the temptation.

Mr. Kim for years has resisted requests of Chinese leaders to open up North Korea's economy.

In these circumstances, mounting pressure for further fiscal easing should be resisted.

The party leader resisted the urge to give in to his opponents.

"Research has long shown that more frequent testing is beneficial to kids, but educators have resisted this finding, " said Gregory J.

Any notion of involving NATO troops would be fiercely resisted by Russia and Iran.

Jean-Claude Trichet, European Central Bank president, has fiercely resisted allowing a selective default.

The Bush administration wanted even tougher sanctions though Russia and China have to date resisted the idea.

So far he has resisted a clamour in Turkey to loosen or even sever his country's close ties with Israel.

The final frontier, even. The metaphor is compelling, and American writers of both fact and fiction have not resisted it.

Any proposals that John should be dismissed must be resisted.

These lenders have resisted modification of first mortgages, fearing knock-on write-downs of their second liens.

Had it not resisted protectionist measures in the crisis, say officials, the single market would have collapsed.

The fearless public servants in the White House resisted a full 24 hours before rescinding the fee.

One by time, the Native American tribes were moved west. Indians who resisted were killed.

Citing these precautions, the SFC has resisted adopting the more comprehensive bans on short selling embraced by other regulators.

Reflecting its stodginess, it resisted for many years such technological innovations as the colour photograph.

In Yemen, meanwhile, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has resisted calls to step down, pushing his country to the brink of civil war.

Resisted Work Stop command to high risky work site or spot issued from safety people, continuously work while high risks still in place.

please do not hit me, remember, I have resisted the teeth, but I will not bite you.

California, which resisted subsidies for years, recently approved its first clutch of recipients.

For this reason, rich nations also want China to agree a date when its emissions would peak, which China has resisted.

The party leader resisted demands for his resignation.

Japan has resisted structural economic and social reforms that could retool its sputtering economic model.

Even so, fearing increased crime and congestion, city officials have fiercely resisted the expansion.

"By 2006, " he added, "she made Mark hire a professional campaign manager. He resisted because he always had someone do it for free. "

Japan has resisted the internationalisation of the yen but the renminbi is being adopted by more of China's trading partners.

Many companies have resisted upgrading their workers' PCs amid lingering fears about the health of their businesses.

Consistently resisted efforts to tighten regulation on the mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Around 40% of their interventions were hostile, resisted by the incumbent company management.

The White House has said bin Laden 'resisted' arrest.

Both options would be fiercely resisted by food producers.

I resisted the forehead pain, hand over the rejection of tattoo man a slap in the face.

In his ambitious attempt to change the culture of CME Mr Garin resisted the temptation to change the people and bring in western executives.

India and China have resisted emissions cuts, saying they threaten to curb high growth and development ambitions.

Europe has long resisted American pressure and co-operated with China on technology, military and trade projects.

An attack-resisted RSA coprocessor integrating multiplication and inverse is presented in this paper.

He apparently resisted capture, which offered an additional justification for killing him.

But officials have resisted any major policy changes out of fears that a major population boom might follow.

He had resisted the impulse to expand, because he recognized how hard it is to have a positive effect in even a small community.

As in many such schools, the leaders are sympathetic to the Taliban and have resisted government pressure to modernize.

He resisted confinement in his own home.

For nearly 20 years, the United States has resisted mandatory limits on heat-trapping emissions.

Occupation by Nazi Germany in 1941 was resisted by various paramilitary bands that fought each other as well as the invaders.

The IMF, U. S. and European nations have long been pressing China to revalue its currency, and Beijing has long resisted the move.

AD 1792 was the first year of France Premiere Republic. This new regime resisted enemy actively, but.

"China's commerce ministry, which has openly resisted any near-term shift, may now have the ear of senior officials, " he says.

Meanwhile, spending cutbacks being introduced by Athens to restore its finances are being resisted.

Asian economies have so far resisted this trend.

Google appears to have resisted the latest demand from Beijing.

Together both men resisted modernity in religion, morality, politics, economics, and art.

The administration had resisted global emissions regulation.