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In 1963, black student Harvey Gantt entered Clemson College in South Carolina, the last state to hold out against integration.
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The Germans and Scandinavians, notably punctilious in legal matters, are expected to hold out against any watering down of the court's statute.
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They worked hard throughout and frustrated their hosts for long periods but ultimately lacked the quality to truly threaten the home side or hold out against their more incisive attacking play.
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But that same year in Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic became the last hold out against a Europe free, united and at peace when he stripped away the rights of the Kosovars to govern themselves.
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On the tax deal, under which the president agreed to extend all Bush-era tax cuts, Mr. Obama showed little patience with those who wanted him to hold out against extending those cuts for the wealthy, when he lacked the congressional votes to do that and continue middle-class cuts.
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The frustration of some grassroot Conservatives is that the Tory prime minister does not appear to share their determination to hold out against the forces of change - whether that be the idea of gay marriage or the prospect of Romanian and Bulgarian migrants arriving courtesy of EU membership.
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However, Pfizer points out that 61 decisions in 23 states have ruled against claims that tried to hold a brand-name drugmaker responsible for injuries allegedly caused by a generic version of Reglan.
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One suspects that these two papers were placed at the front of the current issue of the journal because they hold out the prospect that a common behavior, coffee drinking, might have some protective efficacy against two serious illnesses.
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And even if he's able to play at running back Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs, there's a good chance Ryan might hold him out of returning kicks and use Cromartie there instead.
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This I did against the initial inclination of the SQA who wanted to hold their own inquiry, pointing out - as they had often previously pointed out - that they were an independent organisation.
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