He loved nature but found it impossible to resist the fruits of abundance and power technology offered.

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In the mid-1980s, when America last had a huge trade deficit, demands for new protection (mainly against Japan) proved impossible to resist.

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"I loved winning, but the opportunity to be with my old coach and lead a new team was impossible to resist, " he says.

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Where the novel really succeeds is in Mr. Horowitz's understanding that, in extending the careers of these great fictional titans, the burlesque element is impossible to resist.

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Though the need for glasses will be impossible to resist in most people, reading in good light and using clear type will help reduce the strain on the eyes.

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This combination is almost impossible to resist.

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The half-hour video, now viewed 40 million times, sets viewers up for a message so gratifying and fulfilling that it is almost impossible to resist: there is a terrible problem in the world, you are the solution, and all you have to do is pass along this video.

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The chief reason was that it could resist pressure from outside investors, because it is almost impossible to take over.

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