21.   An even larger amount might be earned by showing a youth resisting peer pressure to take up cocaine.

22.   Analysts expect a wave of mergers and failures as weaker banks topple under their bad debt and stronger banks resist government pressure to support them.

23.   And many developing nations have resisted pressure to tighten labor and environmental laws.

24.   And resisted pressure they have.

25.   And hair testing deters drug use, some teachers say, by giving teen-agers an excuse to resist peer pressure.

26.   And the question many people ask is whether the judiciary will be able to resist political pressures from China and from pro-Beijing forces in Hong Kong.

27.   Another reason to think that the cartel will resist pressure to raise output is that its members believe the American economy is showing signs of starting to cool.

28.   Another way to fight moisture is to use a stain, which may resist that pressure of water vapor and water better than paint.

29.   Arafat has resisted such pressure.

30.   As a result, companies that resist short-term pressure and spend heavily on training are likely to remain few.