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Perhaps if those who reviled and insulted Said could have read this book, they might have desisted.
Zambia having desisted from the organisation of the African Games in 2011, this task falls from now on Mozambique.
The leader in corn to see prodigy desisted from the attack and returned to their country.
Ultimate stumbling block, the danger of handling such molten masses worried all the craftsmen who desisted one after another.
Moreover, Hamas, the Islamist movement that carried out most of the suicide attacks, has, with the odd exception, desisted for several years.
Seeing that we did not succumb to their threat and pressure, they desisted from starting a war and fled.
Having initially vowed to fly home later this week, Mr Zelaya desisted, after officials in Tegucigalpa said he would be arrested for treason.
They desisted only after the government sent Congress a new bill to grant them political status.
The two last desisted, and instead a Federation was created between Senegal and Mali.
Certain countries which CMS has long hoped to attract as members have desisted from joining the Convention for financial reasons.
In June 2005, Optivus desisted from its claims against IBA in first instance, but in August 2005, Optivus lodged an appeal.
Fortunately, these mischievous thoughts soon desisted and in 1955, Valery successfully defended his diploma.
Cajetan's original instructions had been to arrest Luther if he failed to recant, but the legate desisted from doing so.
The Hutchinsons weighed in with inspirational songs but, until Captain Judkins called for the bosun and vowed to put the rioters in irons unless they desisted, the situation looked ugly.
For all contracts preceding the contracts in dispute, the buyer had purchased the entire compound delivered by the supplier, and on one occasion had desisted from an attempt to return unused compound.
For this reason a group of Brothers desisted from teaching religion.
In so far as she did this, she desisted as well from the performance of her compulsive rules, and even before the treatment had ended she had given up the entire ritual.
It is high time that it faced up to its responsibility and desisted from further enlargements, to which these developments are in part attributable, and got back to being more concerned about social justice.
According to information received by the World Heritage Centre in 2002, Caja Duero desisted from building the auditorium in the Huerta de las Adoratrices, thus following the recommendation of the World Heritage Committee.
The arbitrator hears an employer's subsidiary grievance to a union grievance, as the union has desisted from its grievance after hearing the employer's evidence.
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At last he felt that he had done everything in his power, and he desisted from his labors.
As he was hurrying to me as rapidly as possible, I desisted from further inquiry.
It awakened the compunctions of conscience, and he desisted from his purpose.
On hearing this Pee-wee desisted from any further criticism.
The children, wide-eyed in awe and wonder, desisted in their play.
He desisted, and his eyes wandered slowly from object to object.
So he desisted, and continued his conversation without attempting to look.
At last he desisted and ordered me to put on all my clothes.
Consulting his apparent feelings they desisted, and parted in friendship.
In this exigency the pirate desisted from his plan against the lady.
Seeing that May sensitively shrank from the subject, she soon desisted.
Farrar was up in a moment, but Ellis, after one or two trials, desisted.
Natasha only desisted when she had been told that there would be pineapple ice.
He desisted at last and looked back at us with a mien of anger.
The Supreme Council at first demurred, and then desisted from dictation.
Montagu Percy made a motion to pursue his tormentors, but desisted.
Fearing in his heart lest this might prove but too true, the captain a little desisted, but still commanded the insurgents instantly to return to their duty.
It was all Greek to me, but the more I begged her to explain the more positive became her denials of my request, and, so, in very hopelessness, I desisted.
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