Indeed, this is why the French always wanted a bigger political role for the euro group—and why the Germans long resisted it.
The ancient Italic tribes that once inhabited the region long resisted conquest and retained their own character even after Roman rule was imposed on them.
As a result, Mr. Grinstein, who has been in place since January, potentially passes his first significant test by reaching the tentative deal, which includes provisions that the pilots long resisted as far too harsh.
In fact, the department long resisted any form of public disclosure of the information, in part because doctor and hospital groups wanted it kept confidential, contending that some of their members would be unfairly tainted.
Some court officials and legal experts said recently in interviews that the crisis in representation for the poor has become so serious that a broad overhaul of the system, long resisted by various factions, may now be possible.
The department long resisted this reform, contending it would constrict traffic flow.
Far from feeling like heroes, they took pains to conceal their identities.Tokyo Electric (TEPCO), which owns the plant, long resisted all requests to interview these men.
Created in the mid-19th century out of a tidal creek named for an Indian headman, the Gowanus long resisted attempts at reformation, in sluggish defiance of generations of city planners, civic do-gooders, editorialists and speculators.
A new two-disc hits collection by Led Zeppelin, "Mothership" (Atlantic), reached No. 7 with 136,000 in sales, a quarter of which came in a format the band long resisted but has finally embraced: downloads.
The Pac-10, the Big Ten and the Ivy League were the prominent conferences that long resisted the pull of a postseason tournament.
The Clinton administration long resisted the idea of arming Iraqi dissidents or fostering insurrection, insisting that the best hope for change lay in a coup from within.
