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  • Resists, that is, he opposes him, he trusts him from him, he contemneth his person and all his performances.

    Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 John Bunyan 1658

  • Ha! Resists the temptation to write a unicorn book.

    What Will Be The Next Trend In Fiction? I Think I Know. 2010

  • When he proposes to her in a gazebo, watched by an entire garden-party full of High Victorians, she runs away and falls down a rabbit hole into the Underland she has (and has not) been dreaming of -- and into a Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny fantasy plot neither she nor the reviewers expected.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • When he proposes to her in a gazebo, watched by an entire garden-party full of High Victorians, she runs away and falls down a rabbit hole into the Underland she has (and has not) been dreaming of -- and into a Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny fantasy plot neither she nor the reviewers expected.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • Recent Results 1Q: BofA Says the Worst Has Passed 2Q: BofA Sees Big Tab in Overhaul 3Q: BofA Resists Rebuying Bad Loans The bank also has to work through a $32 billon pile of nonperforming loans, and new regulatory constraints on its consumer business are expected to cost it billions.

    Tough '10 Puts BofA at Rear of Bank Pack Dan Fitzpatrick 2011

  • As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • As Chosen Hero Resists Her Destiny plots go, this one is pretty straightforward, leaving plenty of room for harrowing dangers, hair's-breadth escapes, and daring rescues -- and some very creepy set-pieces involving a Burtonesque forest laid waste by the Jabberwock, a moat filled with the severed heads of the Red Queen's victims, and a confrontation between chess pieces and playing cards, among others.

    Alice In Wonderland deliasherman 2010

  • Recent Results 1Q: BofA Says the Worst Has Passed 2Q: BofA Sees Big Tab in Overhaul 3Q: BofA Resists Rebuying Bad Loans Credit-loss provisions plunged to $5.13 billion from $10.11 billion a year earlier and $5.4 billion in the previous quarter, while the net charge-off rate was 2.87%, down from 3.71% and 3.07%, respectively.

    Write-Downs Drive BofA to Loss David Benoit 2011

  • Resists Attack Security is built in from the ground up in a modern grid.

    duh pookie 2008

  • Resists Attack Security is built in from the ground up in a modern grid.

    duh pookie 2008

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