Obama did not make a mistake in asking for the vote, however it turns out — unless he defies it and bombs anyway.
And then he defies it by popping into the submarine, which is perfect!" Geffen said while Attenborough might not be as involved in future documentaries, he won't be missing from our screens.
In March 1956 he received his third ban on public appearances, restricting him to Johannesburg for five years, but he often defied it.
The Austin guys defied it.
But though he ran with the system, he is increasingly defying it.
That would come if he defied court ruling that it is illegal.
And this is indicative of what seems to be Dean's central tactic for defining himself as both a liberal crusader and a centrist governor: he wants the credit for defying liberal orthodoxy, but he doesn't want to defy it in any way that might actually cost him liberal support.
Obama is constrained by his congressional opposition, but, with less than two years left in office and no more elections to win, he is also freer to defy it.
Parkinson's brilliance has everything to do with time, and defying it – for he managed to be something that should be logically impossible, a "timeless" fashion photographer whose art danced through the decades and always remained in style.
Convinced that Osama bin Laden would attack the World Trade Center, Rescorla had developed a detailed evacuation plan, and on Sept. 11 he defied official instructions and implemented it.
He defied the odds and turned it into a successful venture.
