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That query — whether it’s worth trying to recreate the world that was, or resign oneself to a different kind of existence — seems to power the film.

Everything else one must resign oneself to losing: pictures, clothes, statues, the piano—even the books.

If one can see past the irrelevant countdown conceit, and resign oneself to the celebrity presenters, this is mildly diverting popular history.

Given the history of humans in Hawaii, it would be easy to resign oneself to the seeming inevitability of extinction for most indigenous biodiversity.

Mother, you must write as often as you can, and Jeff too—you must not get worried about the ups and downs of the war; I don’t know any course but to resign oneself to events—if one can only bring one’s mind to it.

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

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