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Romney might be able to beat back the Perry surge.

But intelligence officials and diplomats in the Middle East, Europe and the United States increasingly believe that Mr. Assad may not be able to beat back the gathering storm at the gates of Damascus.

With over 30 years of experience in a still male-dominated field, including time as a member of the presidential protection detail of the first George Bush -- a group trained to take a bullet for the Prez -- Julia Pierson should be able to beat back the frat house element of men on the road.

"Using them as a battering ram, I was able to beat back the other studio heads".

It may be that Karl Rove and other Republican strategists are able to beat back the tide-just barely.

"This is a big bet on small donors together being able to beat back an effort financed by large donors," Mr. Pariser said.

In years past, the Senate and the House were able to beat back such deliberate attempts to destroy the legislation by amendment.

The dictatorial France family, whose members founded and have always owned Nascar, has been able to beat back attempts at a drivers' union, which might have forced safety measures.

Democrats, elated after winning the Republican tax concession after months of clashes, said they had also been able to beat back new conditions that Republicans had wanted on jobless pay, like requiring beneficiaries to seek high school equivalency degrees, and had found middle ground on Republican attempts to significantly reduce the number of weeks in which the unemployed could draw benefits.

On Wednesday, firefighters were able to beat back some of the flames of the most destructive wildfire in the history of Texas — a 24-mile-long blaze in Bastrop County that has killed two people, burned 34,356 acres and destroyed 1,386 homes since it started Sunday afternoon.

More than that, though, Mr. Bruno was able to beat back an apparent attempt by the governor to undermine him -- a move that, strangely enough, wound up underscoring the firm grip the majority leader has established over his 35 Republican colleagues in the Senate.