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In the wake of that war, and against the backdrop of anti-Muslim massacres enabled by Israel’s occupation forces, Iran supported the formation of the Shia-led Hezbollah to resist Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon.
In each country, a number of prices are rigid, because sellers resist selling cheaper, as low productivity gains and wage defense by unions leave no margin for lower prices.
Nonetheless, political pressures from the US and Europe, manifested as charges of currency manipulation and unfair trade practices, as well as misguided ideas in China about the renminbi’s “prestige,” might lead China to resist any meaningful exchange-rate correction.
He may be unable to resist the temptation to be close to it, and to have an enduring influence relatively comparable to that of Elizabeth II.
To ensure such an orderly market, in good times we must resist the temptation to open up too much to short-term foreign-currency debt.
But it would help to isolate the group still further, dry up any remaining sources of external funding, and mobilize Somalis to resist it.
Rather than resist these trends, companies should look to harness the benevolence of their youngest talent.
Cable news channels, in particular – even those with a mythical “liberal bias” – cannot resist trumpeting Trump’s inane rants and absurd fabrications.
Though some of Iraq’s conservative local clerics wield considerable influence, its current leaders will resist any drive to transform the country into a socially repressive and isolated state.
East Asia's governments knew then that the IMF's policies would deepen their downturns, but they were helpless to resist.
Because the Sudanese government recognizes this as well, it will resist any such deployment, regardless of foreign threats and blandishments.
But non-Wahhabi Saudis, mainly the Shia, continue to resist state dogma.
Global forces for peace need to resist.
No wonder recipient countries resist inflows of hot capital.
In the Middle East, US and European officials will continue to resist deeper involvement in regional turmoil this year, leaving local powers – Turkey, Iran, and Saudi Arabia – to vie for influence.
We can erect houses that resist burning.
And they certainly don’t want to be pressed to apologize for holding hostage over $800 billion in foreign currency reserves, acquired to resist yen appreciation.
Of course, when Trump pursues a wrongheaded policy, we should resist.
But the other post-Soviet countries resist, because a customs union with Russia would force them to raise their import tariffs, hindering their trade with other countries.
Those institutions that survived will hold a stronger market position than ever, and they will resist a systematic overhaul.
Having enjoyed virtual self-rule since then, they will fiercely resist falling back under the sway of the Pashtuns, who have ruled the country for most of its history.
But, as stubbornly as religious leaders resist change, the forces of economic and social development are unstoppable, and the transformation of relationships among genders, generations, and classes is inevitable.
It is important to resist the urge simply to shut down weak or inefficient institutions, and to consider, instead, how they can be reformed and strengthened.
History cannot be rewritten, and we must resist the irrational urge--whether it originates from the abyss of our ignorance or from the specter of our crises--to stop it in its tracks.
Europe cannot afford not to resist Russia’s geopolitical aggression, and it needs to be unified to have any chance of success.
For the Socialist Party, which is eager to return to power but has not yet recovered from the humiliating defeat of Lionel Jospin in the first round of the presidential election in 2002, the question is whether it can afford to resist the wave of favorable public opinion behind Royal.
The regime has coopted the entire state and much of the opposition leadership, leaving only the people in the streets to resist the regime and to be gunned down yet again by its forces.
Earl Spencer urged us to resist the temptation to canonize his sister.
The problem is that the absence of reliable data can make the need to protect a species seem more abstract and less urgent, weakening governments’ capacity to resist other, more immediate demands, especially the need to protect relevant livelihoods.
To be sure, some countries – especially Germany – are likely to resist this approach by marshaling arguments about prudence and responsibility.
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