Moreover, a polyphonic style resists univocal concepts of selfhood, which posit the self as knowable and unified. |
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On examination, the arm is held limply with the elbow extended and wrist pronated, and the child resists attempted supination of the arm. |
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In his urging, he resists the dehumanizing notion that the court must not pay attention to human reality but only to the law. |
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The application by hand of various mordants was part of a complex process of dyeing, applying and clearing resists, washing, and bleaching. |
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And, one of the most critical new issues in buildings, it resists the growth of mold and mildew. |
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It's a brave cough that resists the combination of antibiotics, hot rum toddies, hot methol inhalant and spaghetti putanesca. |
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If the other person resists your message through blame, attack or excuses, try not to let it sidetrack you. |
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Charles stubbornly resists any metanarrative based on a wishful need to infuse a random and absurd universe with meaning. |
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Plated with either copper or nickel, lead shot flies truer because it resists deformation. |
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This is a resilient fabric that resists wrinkling in addition to being pliable and soft with a good drape. |
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He resists with buffoonery on the set, peevish demands for attention, and displays of contempt for her direction. |
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It grows wild in temperate regions all over the world, and resists the cold, so that it is a useful source of greenstuff in winter. |
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In addition, it also resists compaction and promotes decrepitation of the alloy. |
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He resists making chauvinistic assumptions about a woman's sexual proclivities. |
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When a horse champs the bit, it is a sign that he no longer resists the action of the hand. |
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Imaging systems for EPL incorporate accelerated electron beams and require high-sensitivity resists. |
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The actor, cannily aware of the trap set by this modern dress version, resists translating the mannerisms into those of just another gay quean. |
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The film also resists the temptation to turn Mandras into a cardboard-cut out jilted lover. |
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Although the internet resists regulation, wherever regulation is technically possible, it tends to be pursued. |
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Hetfield, still the rebel bad boy, resists the process until he goes into rehab for six months and gets with the Program. |
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This other way of knowing resists the objectification and categorization of our experience of place. |
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At moderate temperatures, it resists attack by oxygen, most acids, chlorine, and other corrosive agents. |
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One driver stubbornly resists letting his girlfriend into his cancer-stricken life but finally relents and lets her do the driving. |
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The mixture is an excellent material for coatings, according to Parris, because the zein portion resists grease, and the fatty acids repel water. |
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Graffiti resists authority and changes the visual scope of the city, creating complicated urban subcultural preferences. |
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Though the residuum is in one sense a social category, the concept implies that the group stands outside society and resists easy categorization. |
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Such an argument resists many of the typical counter-arguments directed at potentiality as an ethical consideration in the abortion debate. |
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The longer a scientific theory resists disproof and continues to explain data well, the more certain we are that it is true. |
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She resists his advances for a while, but soon succumbs, and the two begin a torrid and wind-swept romance that carries on throughout the war. |
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Current results with resists are, of course, strictly in the experimental stage. |
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Families are distressed by the anorexic behavior, which resists both entreaties and threats. |
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Despite the efforts of most anthologists, her writing also resists stereotyping. |
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Unlike his master, Trudge stoutly resists a planter's effort to sell his mistress into slavery. |
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Durabis technology resists scratches, which can cause recording and playback errors. |
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Gold also resists attack by most acids but is soluble in aqua regia, a mixture of three parts hydrochloric acid and one part nitric acid. |
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Only Dalton's mother resists the enveloping gloom by taking part in a factory occupation. |
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But while he furiously resists significant concessions to their demands, even Blair is showing signs of compromise. |
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The track seems prepared to venture into a long landscape of guitar noodling and ambling electronics, but the band wisely resists the temptation. |
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I still cling to my indestructible angler's hat, and it still resists time and wear to an incredible degree. |
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However, she disobeys her orders and resists the dominant powers with little effort. |
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The R-value is the inverse of the U-value, so the higher the R-value, the more the window resists heat flow. |
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Most of its sinks and toilets are made of vitreous china that resists dirt and bacteria. |
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It is also non-magnetic, resists wear, and forms a green patina which makes it resistant to corrosion. |
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We will see the sceptic side of him very much on display as he resists attempts to remove Britain's veto over tax and social security. |
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Lily says she resists the great temptations but the little ones pull her down. |
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What is it about how our brains are wired that resists change so tenaciously? |
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The pier concrete resists the compressive forces of the structure, and the steel reinforcing resists tensile forces, such as from soil heave. |
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Management sometimes resists home working because they believe there is too much temptation to bunk off. |
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Delving into echoes of his personal history, Campbell resists this alienation and bares his soul to readers and to the land. |
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Cool Hand Luke is a moving character study of a non-conformist, anti-hero loner who bullheadedly resists authority and the Establishment. |
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It contains a small amount of copper and acquires a patina that resists corrosion. |
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But insinuating finance into a process that generally resists measurement can be daunting, if only because traditional accounting systems are not well suited to the task. |
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Turns out that wool regulates temperature, repels water, wicks away moisture, and resists stains and dirt. |
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Rather, in his new novel, bleeding edge, Pynchon has encountered a subject that resists even his ample literary capacities. |
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Yet whenever the writers do try to enrich Keen, Boone resists them at every turn. |
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As I say, Angell resists sentimentality, but he is alive to sentiment. |
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The compelling visuality of the work of art resists appropriation by either the cleverness of historical explanations or the eloquence of descriptive language. |
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The story told on these walls is a fractured and fractious one that consciously resists an easy narrative. |
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Gonzales resists the temptation to tell only stories about flourishing survivors. |
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So, where R-values rate how much heat loss the material resists from passing through it, U-values rate how much heat the component allows to pass through it. |
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He resists bibliolatry, does not accept the doctrine of Calvin of a complete corrupt humanity, and never assumes to try to prove the existence of God, taking that for granted. |
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It influences the metabolism of fat and peanut alkene, resists the inflammation and the agglutination of hematoblasts, prevents allergic symptoms. |
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An insulated brick cavity wall resists heat gain more than 50 times better than double-reflective glass and nine times better than an insulated metal sandwich panel wall. |
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In one way, Hopkins's novel resists containment by a conventional domestic fiction by complicating its portrayal of the heteronormative domestic sphere. |
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The alloy also resists sulfuric acid and pure phosphoric acid. |
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It should also enable them to resists the blandishments of the banks, brokers, and other commission agents plying them with offers of seemingly generous quantities of credit. |
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When he resists her attempts at seduction, he is condemned to death. |
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It engages historians, philosophers, scientists and the educated lay public alike in a discussion that self-consciously resists the temptation of polemics. |
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An apparition of misty light, the passage suggests currents of wind and water but the composition resists settling into the pictorial vocabulary of landscape. |
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Password dialog that perfectly resists attacks by trojan horses and computer viruses developed. |
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As well as being light-as-air this multitasker resists sweat and humidity, absorbs oil and reduces shine. |
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Let's hope that BP insists on scientifically proven methods and resists the urge to buy instant snake oil cures. |
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But Ruscha resists knee-jerk spiritualism by emblazoning slogans that render the scenes absurd. |
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Each work questions reified boundaries and resists metanarratives through an examination of the multiplicity and power of nonhegemonic discourse. |
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The paint hides previous colors and minimizes brushmarks for an even, smooth finish that resists scuffing. |
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The adhesive resists chemicals and solvents, especially motor oils, gasoline, ethanol, isopropanol, and water. |
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Feminist struggle takes place anytime anywhere any female or male resists sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. |
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While in Export's earlier photos the body consciously resists homogenization, the lobotomized visages in the newer work seem subservient to it. |
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The angled final position of an Edgetite spike resists frost heave while adding strength and longevity to a hardscape installation. |
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Human nature resists numericalization, especially in the behavioral aspects of life. |
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Jackson resists as best he can, but Moore walks a very perilous line that's constantly threatening to tumble into actressy melodrama. |
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Lee manages this semiotics of color so unemphatically that one never resists it. |
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It also resists contamination during cooling better because of its much higher calcium content. |
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Now they can add stubborn as a mule to her traits as she resists the arguments of Bob and her adopted daughter Gennie to have the operation. |
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The pair bond over books and no heartstring is left untugged as Hazel resists Gus for fear of hurting him. |
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But much of what makes a candidate a wingnut resists easy quantification. |
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Ward's and Holland's evaluations revolve around the question of whether the poem resists or reflects the supposed insipidness of rationalism. |
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It resists any external force, which tries to schematize one's subjective individuation. |
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If the piping of a thermosiphon resists flow, or excessive heat is applied, the liquid may boil. |
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On the way, they encounter Faramir, who, unlike his brother Boromir, resists the temptation to seize the Ring. |
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The coolant effectively resists microbiological growth and does not contain chlorinated compounds, formaldehyde release agents, boron, monoethanolamine, nor secondary amines. |
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The tightly woven ripstop reinforcing seam construction resists tears and punctures and is completely windproof, waterproof and acts as a vapor barrier. |
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The tile can be placed over residual adhesives and most subfloors, and it resists migration of subfloor contaminants such as paint, glue, and stains. |
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Also enhancing product longevity, Santoprene TPV resists heat, chlorines, salt chlorinators, and other chemicals, AES reports, and will it not mar pool surfaces. |
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It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression. |
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The place of this region is called the ethea of animals and refers to the place outside the domain of Greek culture, to the place of the barbarian who resists domestication. |
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In the United States shuttles are often made of wood from the Flowering Dogwood, because it is so hard, resists splintering, and can be polished to a very smooth finish. |
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Newton's first law states that inertia or mass is the property of matter that resists changes in motion, whereas drag is the resistance to motion. |
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Southern Yellow Pine resists the aging process better than most wood and has a slightly porous surface that eagerly accepts any color of stain you want to apply. |
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FreeStyle tiles contain an antimicrobial agent that resists bacteria, fungi, mold, and mildew formation, and moisture does not remain trapped beneath the tiles. |
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Despite its three parts, this collection resists divisionism and its essays consistently challenge narrow definitions of history, geography, allegiance or personality. |
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