While it is true that banks could resist these views by accepting lost profitability that would come with the higher reserve requirements from disfavored assets, only the most extreme bears would be willing to do this.

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To resist them, the army could argue that Canada would have more clout in the world if it increased its woefully low participation in UN peacekeeping.

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The cardinal paid tribute to organisations which have been helping asylum seekers and said he would "resist the temptation" to be ashamed of his city because he knew it could do better.

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