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I suspect the reason why it has not been released on DVD by the Russians (here comes the spoiler) is that the Jewish intellectual (and not the tough Russian peasant) is the partisan who resists both threats and temptation, goes serenely to his death, and sets an heroic example for the villagers.

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And the first mate wisely resists and doesn't untie Odysseus.

And you'll see that, unlike the cross helical model, this model resists extension and contraction and resists bending.

It's a social citadel; it's an impregnable fortress which resists any assault, any alternative.

This results in a syndrome that I like to call 'premature self-congratulation.' (Laughter) (Applause) There's another group, though, that actively resists gender equality, that sees gender equality as something that is detrimental to men.

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