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Back then, he faced similar concerns: A hawkish contingent resisted cutting, and officials worried investors were too certain about the next move.

But he has given us a textbook case of how this ancient hatred spreads when those who are in a position to resist it choose not to do so.

A new targeted drug delivery system called TAR-200 has shown remarkable results in a phase 2 clinical trial, eliminating tumors in 82% of patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer that had resisted prior treatment.

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He says it would be dangerous to resist the Americans, and our own government.

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Bond market investors, like bond market traders, viscerally resisted any trade that they had to pay money to be in, and instinctively sought out trades that paid them just for showing up in the morning.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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