What he does hope and believe is that senators and members of the House will hear enough from their constituents and get enough pressure from their constituents to take action that that uniform resistance will break down.

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One of the most powerful findings of this research is that a compelling personal story helps tremendously to make the health care reform law real, break down resistance, tap into anger about how things were under the old system, provide hope for how health care reform can make it better, and help voters retain knowledge of key provisions.

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The home side made a decent start but, despite dominating possession, they struggled to break down Reading's resistance.

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By this point, Federer and Allegro, who is ranked inside the world's top 50 in doubles, seemed to have broken down the British resistance with a crucial early fourth-set break of Murray's serve.

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