Ms Knox's philosophical scheme defies brief summary: like a witty, post-modern Milton, she rewrites the Christian myth and the whole cosmology of "Paradise Lost".But at the centre of the novel remains the relationship between Jodeau and the angel, extended to include Aurore, the lady of the chateau, to create a trinity in which the permutations of love and carnality can flourish without guilt.
Robeson's achievement defies brief synopsis.
After initially shutting down, the owners of Cliff House, Mary and Dan Hountalas — worried about their 170 employees and the crippling financial loss the business risked if it stayed closed — made a brief attempt to defy the federal order.
Perhaps, had she been allowed to drive, she might have got away as her friend did.Yet even that day may come soon: during November's freak floods in Jeddah that killed 122 people, Malak al-Mutairi, a girl in her teens, gained brief fame by defying the ban on women drivers.
"The PTAB's ruling flies in the face of core legal principles that govern the interference-in-fact inquiry, and defies common sense," the UC brief states.
Shortly after the big bang occurred some 13.7 billion years ago, cosmologists think, the universe underwent a brief period that defied current physical laws.
The purpose of this paper is to show how users in one social Q&A community defy system constraints to engage in brief, informal episodes of collaborative information seeking called microcollaborations.
Five Chinese activists defied security guards and made a brief visit to dissident Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who has been held under house arrest since her husband was awarded the Nobel peace prize two years ago.
As a rookie, for a few brief moments I've defied gravity and sailed unencumbered.
