11.   Ayinde resists the idea that he is a role model.

12.   Bolivian politicians had long resisted the idea of army involvement in the drug war, fearing that officers would be corrupted.

13.   According to politicians and diplomats, Mahuad and his advisers have talked about closing the Congress and ruling by decree, but so far have resisted the idea.

14.   Both parties collaborated in resisting the idea of an emergency spending bill without a precise dollar limit.

15.   But Arafat preferred to move more deliberately, even initially resisting the idea of a Camp David summit meeting.

16.   But even as politicians seek to bring in more foreign capital, they resist the idea of foreign control.

17.   But even Blair is known to resist the idea of a U.S. invasion of Iraq behind the scenes.

18.   But Pataki and the Senate Republicans resisted the idea, saying the Assembly Democrats would have to come up with money to pay for it.

19.   But so far both Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney are resisting the idea of reshuffling bureaucracies, or creating a formal agency that would need congressional approval.

20.   But the city had, until recently, resisted the idea.