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In the 19th century the Qing rulers faced a new legion of invaders, not from the north (as in the past) but from the West, and they were unable to resist the tide.
Joe Biden, D-Del., seconded Broder: The surplus allows us to "set the system straight 30 years out" with "no political costs" to Democrats or Republicans who resist the calls for increased spending and tax cuts.
Brinkley does not resist the frivolous.
Buchanan ( The McLaughlin Group ) thinks religion can, in fact, allow many people to resist their homosexual urges.
I cannot resist the temptation to comment on Israel Wilenitz's comment in his EPISTOLA [XXIII,1,24] about my EPISTOLA [XXII,2,10] in response to Milton Horowitz's A Discouraging Word [OBITER DICTA, XXII,1,13].