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A $2-trillion cut probably would mean forced reductions in direct-benefit programs, a move that most politicians in both parties have resisted.

When David Cameron became Leader of the Opposition later that year, he initially resisted the temptation to impose a cap, but he too became convinced that a number was deliverable.

Captain Jamie George has resisted Jones' old diagnosis, that their inability to see out matches is a psychological glitch.

Even with the knowledge that this is his last block of Ireland games for a year, Farrell has resisted the urge to experiment.

In those difficult years, the department sometimes resisted but sometimes relented.