All along, the United States military has resisted demands to turn over servicemen accused of major crimes to Japanese custody.
Oman has resisted efforts to turn the six-nation block into a political and economic union, which it fears would be dominated by the Saudis.
As prime minister from July 5 , 1930 to Feb. 16, 1931, and president from March 2 , 1931 to Feb. 28, 1937, he aided the rightist Lapua Movement in the suppression of the Communist Party but resisted efforts to turn Finland into an authoritarian, antidemocratic state.
He resisted attempts to turn over important documents, did not want his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, to testify, and only agreed to be questioned himself if Vice President Dick Cheney was in the room.
Under her leadership eurozone countries which embraced reforms were rescued, but she resisted moves to turn the European Union into a transfer union in which German money flowed south.
The book also suggests new charter schools fail to fill the gaps left by closed Catholic schools, again supporting George, who has resisted propositions to turn struggling Catholic schools into charters.
Are, for instance, modern believers so misguided when they resist plans to turn an impoverished wilderness town into a coastal resort for rich tourists?
The Postal Service pulled out of Neal's decades ago, and the locals are now resisting efforts to turn the abandoned train tracks into hiking trails.
Ethnic Karen fighters, who have been battling the government since the country won independence from Britain in 1948, boycotted the election and are resisting attempts to turn them into a border guard force.
Instead, Mr Cook and the company's board will probably increase somewhat the level of dividends and buybacks it has already announced, while resisting calls to turn the company into one big iCash dispenser.
