Finn has to either chart his own course or allow himself to be put in harness for the good of the common effort.
AS the premier booster for the comeback potential of downtown Bridgeport, Philip Kuchma doesn't allow himself to be put off by difficulties — even those that loom five stories high.
Fourth, one of the reasons he is so successful - and has such political endurance - is his unwillingness to ever allow himself to be put on the defensive.
Tom has a strong moral compass and will not allow himself to be put on the defensive -- he'll take the argument right to the Republican nominee and force them to explain why they support policies that will devastate our economy.
— Prof. Craig Jackson (@JustAskTheProf) December 15 , 2012Third, my background is mental health and workplaces, but in last 4 years the worlds of work & crime have overlapped so much in my research — Prof. Craig Jackson (@JustAskTheProf) December 15 , 2012The problem is that Jackson should never have allowed himself to be put in this position in the first place.
A writer who allows himself to be put in a box is a writer with a puny and predictable future.
Alexie allows himself to be put in charge of a socialist plot to rescue Sophie, a Russian woman (Svetlana Lunkina) being held in a French prison for the assassination of a Russian judge.
In his relationship with Mike — not to mention Mike's mother, Annie, for whom he falls — Devin allows himself to open, to put the past behind him and move on.
In the piece, Franzen writes of coming off months of promoting "Freedom," and deciding to turn his attention to a difficult task he'd been putting off: allowing himself to fully mourn the death of his friend David Foster Wallace.
Mr. Freeh said Mr. Holder had allowed himself to be "used and co-opted" in the Rich pardon, but he added that Mr. Holder "certainly did not execute this pardon" and "will never allow himself again to be put in that position".
