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  • Impervious, that is, until he decided to make a second run for the presidency, leading him to sharply reverse his past principled stances and accommodate torture, tax cuts for the rich, Pat Robertson and other favored fetishes of the Republican base.

    Robert Scheer: No Country for Old Men 2008

  • More Political Kingpin Ozawa to Be Indicted JRT: A Remarkable Turn for Japan's Impervious Man The suspicions surround 400 million yen ($4.8 million) in cash that Rikuzankai received from Mr. Ozawa in 2004, as well as land purchases in the same year.

    A History of the Ozawa Scandal Miho Inada 2010

  • More A History of the Ozawa Scandal JRT: A Remarkable Turn for Japan's Impervious Man Under the new system, a panel, made up of 11 randomly chosen citizens, can force an indictment after two consecutive rulings by ordering a court-appointed lawyer to file one, bypassing prosecutors.

    Political Kingpin Ozawa to Be Indicted Yuka Hayashi 2010

  • Impervious to fire, Sparky wormed his way into the wreckage.

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • Impervious to fire, Sparky wormed his way into the wreckage.

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • Impervious to eavesdroppers, he'd lambasted her for making a goddamn fool of herself and, worse, of him.

    A Girl's Legs Stirring The Air 2010

  • Impervious to fire, Sparky wormed his way into the wreckage.

    Sparks Laura Bickle 2010

  • Impervious to cold, he seemed to carry a small furnace within himself, and his skin was always warm; sometimes almost hot, as though he burned more fiercely in answer to my own cool touch.

    Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

  • Impervious to the cold, as well as to the color and creed of individual participants, the crowd remained joyous with street vendors hocking Obamawear at every slow moving step.

    Juliette Powell: The Obama Effect: Co-Creating History One Tweet at a Time 2009

  • Impervious as ever to irony, and an unwitting self-parody.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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