But when it comes to resisting antibiotics, it is at the head of its class.
If-then plans are simple, easy to create, and extraordinarily effective when it comes to resisting temptation, edible or otherwise.
Finally, businesses may demonstrate their commitment to resisting extortion though initiatives like the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption initiative or the U.N.
Yet even in doing so, it will not be enough unless the USC community commits itself to resisting the urge to feed its own vanity.
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But the results are impressive: the resulting cloth is both waterproof and and is literally off the charts when it comes to resisting ultraviolet radition.
The key to resisting the hardship and discord that intrude upon every human life, is to cultivate a certain attitude toward adversity based on the critical distinction between those things we are able to control versus those which are beyond our capacity to manage.
But he was said to be resisting the generals' pleas to take the job.
Microsoft is said to be resisting a unionisation drive and, coincidentally or not, has begun to receive critical coverage in the press about its treatment of workers.
But I've come to stop resisting its voracious appetite for personal information.
Many Conservative backbenchers have been pushing for the MoD to be exempt from the next round of reductions - and Mr Hammond himself is said to be resisting any further cuts - especially after the recent hostage crisis in Algeria and the Western intervention in Mali.
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Instead, their response to activists like Nader (whose book took the industry to task for resisting safety features) was to dig in their heels.
The central bank has concentrated its efforts on keeping interest rates just high enough to quash inflation, and resisting pressure from politicians to loosen up.
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Until very recently they seemed to have great difficulty in resisting the equally natural temptation to shoot off their new weapons, and every day sounded like the Fourth of July, but the F.
So far, Mr Berisha seems to be fiercely resisting such a course.
Over the last 20 years, the U.S. government has chosen to intervene in Bosnia, Kosovo, Somalia, Haiti, and Libya while resisting calls to take action in Rwanda and Sudan.
Kalou seized his chance to steal between the two, resisting an attempt from Meite to wrestle him off the ball before putting Chelsea ahead.
The robot guides the surgeon's hand, showing where he needs to cut bone away and gently resisting him if he tries to cut the wrong area.
Publicizing the potential dangers of endurance exercise could give recreational athletes an argument for resisting pressure to go longer and harder.
While resisting pressure to curb carbon emissions, the Bush administration has enthusiastically subsidised alternative energy technologies such as biofuels and nuclear.
This gives a clue as to how the bacterium has proved so successful in adapting to its environment and resisting drug treatments.
France is resisting efforts to liberalise energy markets, while Germany has failed to endorse new company take-over rules which would apply across the European Union.
The British Government is resisting calls to carry out similar tests.
Mr Srinivasan has been resisting calls to resign since the arrest of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan over allegations of betting in the IPL, sparking much outrage in the media.
It is part of our job as adults to demonstrate and help our children to tolerate the feelings that accompany horrific tragedy and to join together in resisting the very aims of terrorist intent.
Although currently resisting moves to this effect from the European Commission, mobile operators may yet find that they stand to make more money from increasing demand for simple voice services than losing even more money on 3G.
The Republican response reflected in part a continuing split between conservatives resisting concessions to the president and GOP moderates trying to buff up the party's tarnished reputation in light of a growing public perception of congressional dysfunction.
The government, like most others in Europe, is also resisting pressures to relax rigid labour-market laws that are hobbling not just would-be banking champions but most of European industry, which is in the throes of a long-overdue restructuring.
Responding to the share plunge, in a conference call at 11 a.m. central, McMoran Chairman Jim Bob Moffett explained that although the bottom of the Davy Jones well was currently plugged and stubbornly resisting attempts to get it flowing, he was confident that investors would soon get some good news.
In the Santa Monica case, Lohan is accused of giving false information to a police officer, obstructing or resisting a police officer in performance of his duty, and reckless driving, according to the city attorney's office.
The fourth step is resisting the temptation to give up or reach for Google.
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