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  • Irresistible is the demand on every hand and in every land for men to restudy, rethink, restate, revise and, where necessary, revolutionize programs and plans, and then, at all costs, to put the new and longer programs into effect.

    John R. Mott - Nobel Lecture 1946

  • The division also is made up of a business Hallmark acquired in 1998 based in the Duluth, Minn. area called Irresistible

    Dallas Business News - Local Dallas News | Dallas Business Journal 2010

  • An Education "Irresistible" and "sophisticated" describe both Carey Mulligan's precocious teenage schoolgirl and director Lone Scherfig's coming-of-age drama, set in early-'60s England, in which the smart heroine throws away her schoolbooks in favor of a whirlwind affair with a much older man of the world, wonderfully played by Peter Sarsgaard.

    Cinema’s Best of the Year 2009

  • Hence, I sadly forgo my window of opportunity for a long "Irresistible" post, which is too bad, because I would have valiantly defended it, and clearly it could use the support, if the little bit of reading I've had time to do in the last couple of days is any fair indication.

    greetings from the great state of -- OW, MY BACK! hth_the_first 2006

  • "Irresistible" struck a Turkish mine and sank in a few minutes.

    History of the World War, Vol. 3 Francis Andrew March 1895

  • On the evening of the Battle of St. Vincent, soon after the firing ceased, Nelson shifted his commodore's pendant to the "Irresistible," of seventy-four guns, the "Captain" being unmanageable from the damage done to her spars and rigging.

    The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877

  • I picked up this book called The Irresistible Revolution Shane Claiborne at the Rohs Street Café last night to read the cover, intro, etc., and I didn’t come up for air until after about 70 pages.

    Radical. A. Bennett 2006

  • I picked up this book called The Irresistible Revolution Shane Claiborne at the Rohs Street Café last night to read the cover, intro, etc., and I didn’t come up for air until after about 70 pages.

    Archive 2006-09-01 A. Bennett 2006

  • Their track "Irresistible," written by the duo and produced by Tainy, Wisin y Yandel, impacted at radio last week.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2010

  • "Irresistible" describes the results of recipe requests from B.L.C. of Crystal Lake for "anything" made with oranges - but, specifically, orange smoothies and an orange pound cake

    WN.com - Articles related to Several Wizard of Oz'-based films are kicking around Hollywood 2010

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