But it has met fierce political opposition and has been badly bruised as resistance to free trade persists on both sides of the Atlantic.

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Its clear that strength training using weight machines, free weights or resistance bands can help build and preserve muscle mass and strength.

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Yes, as Frost's passage acknowledges, the cause of unfettered markets and free trade is meeting resistance after the upheavals of globalization--many of them both painful and unnecessary--over the last decade.

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And now vaccine resistance is spreading among parents who want to free ride on the herd immunity of others.

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The latest rough patch for the North American Free Trade Agreement has been the resistance of Mexican agriculture--especially poultry ranchers--to a New Year's wipeout of tariff protections against U.S. agricultural exports.

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Mumbai has stepped up its government program to offer free treatment to people who test positive for resistance.

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Meanwhile the accelerator and clutch are improvements over standard pedals too, offering high-precision, contact-free potentiometers and by default offering very low resistance but good feel.

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Strength training can involve a number of approaches including using free weights, such as dumbbells or barbells, resistance or elastic bands that allow you to flex using your arms and legs, as well as ankle weights or vests and other special exercises that use your body weight to simulate resistance against gravity.

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There are plans to free up the labour market, to open up closed professions, but there is huge resistance.

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