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Valentin resists his attraction to a fellow Tolstoyan, then falls deeply in love with her.

Mirren is the power behind Tolstoy biopic 'Last Station' 2009

The mind – the brain – resists this, and so you actually consciously choose the easy, the familiar.

Don’t Forget to Enjoy the View « Looking for Roots 2010

While it's fair to say McCain resists talking about his personal faith and his immediate family, biography has been essential to his political identity, and to this campaign.

Bio-Free McCain? - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

Alexander Daza, or el Niño, is the evangelical pastor and the leader of the community, a label he resists.

The Guardian World News 2011

Alexander Daza, or el Niño, is the evangelical pastor and the leader of the community, a label he resists.

The Guardian World News 2011

In my view, the correct way to fill in the blank of the sentence "nationalization ___ cartels" is not with the word "resists" but with the word "fosters."

Health Care Madness, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Which I suppose it must, because there must be something that fundamentally "resists" God in order for there to be a creation at all -- just as an artist cannot make a sculpture out of water, only a hard and resistant substance that "fights against" him.

One Cosmos 2008

This means that if you were to get rain on the watch of fell in a pool with it and got out, there is a probability that water would not get in (it "resists" water) but if you dive with it that resistance likely will be overcome.).

Recent Activity 2010

Police are able to use reasonable force to obtain fingerprints from a person who resists.

Kane County State's Attorney's Office Pushes Edge on Gun Control and Use of Force 2009

Any lawyer who resists this temptation but instead chooses to argue the point – who chooses the long way around, to try to achieve a better outcome for the client – is my favorite lawyer.

An exclusive interview with The Public Eye : Law is Cool 2009