She thrust forward through the shadows and the trees that resisted her and tried to fling her back.

She had quarreled with Lucien, she had resisted his demands for money -- and if she died, by the provisions of her marriage contract, Lucien would inherit legally not only the immediate sum of gold under the floorboards in the office, but later, when the war was over, her father's entire estate.

She long resisted public speaking for fear she would not be sufficiently eloquent.

She resisted telling Tracy for three months.

She then summoned Liu Ruyi to the capital Chang ' an in an attempt that was initially resisted by Liu Ruyi's chief of staff Zhou Chang ( 周昌 ), whom she respected because he was one of the officials who insisted on Liu Ying being the rightful heir.

She opposed all-women shortlists, and resisted Militant.

She initially resisted being appointed to the position, preferring an economic portfolio, but, after accepting it, threw her weight into the job.

Felton criticized what she saw as the hypocrisy of Southern men who boasted of superior Southern " chivalry " but opposed women's rights, and she expressed her dislike of the fact that Southern states resisted women's suffrage longer than other regions of the U. S. She wrote in 1915 that women were denied fair political participation " except in the States which have been franchised by the good sense and common honesty of the men of those States — after due consideration, and with the chivalric instinct that differentiates the coarse brutal male from the gentlemen of our nation.

She then summoned Liu Ruyi to the capital — an attempt that was initially resisted by Ruyi's chief of staff Zhou Chang ( 周昌 ), whom she respected because he was one of the officials who insisted on Liu Ying being the rightful heir.

She resisted the Portuguese well into her sixties, personally leading troops into battle.

She formed governmental policy for working with labor unions and helped to alleviate strikes by way of the United States Conciliation Service, Perkins resisted having American women be drafted to serve the military in World War II so that they could enter the civilian workforce in greatly expanded numbers.

She led the conservative faction at court that resisted the modernists and progressives who wanted to develop Ethiopia along western lines and bring modernity to the country.

She had resisted all entreaties to return to daytime television.

She resisted steadfastly for some time, until her two daughters were taken away from her, supposedly forever.

She resisted what she called ' the hierarchy of materials ', using plaster and mixing media to experiment with effects, a thread one can see running through the art of that time, especially on the West Coast.

She later resisted calls for a farewell tour.

She writes that Islam is a " sinister force " that must be resisted and contained.

She proved too strong, however, and resisted all Barnabas's attempts at brainwashing her into believing she was Josette DuPres.

She hands out a photograph of Power Pack, suggesting that from early childhood she needed to learn to keep her powers and other information about her siblings secret ( though in the original Power Pack series, it was Julie who most resisted hiding her powers, and in all other appearances as a member of Excelsior / Loners, she mentions her siblings frequently, and does not wear a mask to hide her identity, even though all the other members of the team do ).

She and her allies saw heterosociality as well as heterosexuality as aspects of hetero-power, strongly to be resisted.

She resisted calls by people to start playing music again for several years until she felt her daughters were old enough to understand what she was doing.

She was also a member of the Shirkat Gah Collective which catalyzed the Women ’ s Action Forum, the lobby group that so fiercely resisted the Zia regime.

She was tempted to use it to bring her daughter back to life, but she would not give in and she resisted its corruption until her last breath.

She fiercely resisted unionisation of bookshop staff, sacking most employees just before they had worked there six months, when they would gain limited job protection rights.

She regarded most attempts to make historical studies more female-inclusive as being artificial in nature, and an impediment to progress.

She travels to the past and attempts to hand the past Voyager over to the Vidiians while she takes her past self home, but this attempt is thwarted.

She attempts to flee, but Leatherface catches her and impales her on a meathook.

She soon finds herself in the company of both the White and Red Queens who relentlessly confound Alice by using word play to thwart her attempts at logical discussion.

She made several ineffectual attempts to convert the King.

In October 2010, Angela Merkel told a meeting of younger members of her conservative Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) party at Potsdam, near Berlin, that attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany had " utterly failed ", stating: " The concept that we are now living side by side and are happy about it does not work "., She continued to say that immigrants should integrate and adopt Germany's culture and values.

She believes that the Soldats have been corrupted by power and greed, and attempts to return the Soldats to its " original state " by reviving Noir.

She is the subject of a popular story in which she attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polynices, even though he was a traitor to Thebes and the law forbids even mourning for him, on pain of death.

She attempts to persuade her sister Ismene to join her, but fails.

She engages in charitable works and attempts to guide her girls ' morals and to shape their characters, usually through experiments.

She continually attempts to pass as white, and Delilah, equally pained by the tension, continually attempts to develop in her a sense of pride about her blackness.

She was known to have been a very kind person and popular with the people of England, for example she was well known for her tireless attempts to ' intercede ' on behalf of the people, procuring pardons for people in the Peasants ' Revolt of 1381, and numerous other pardons for wrongdoers.

She constantly steals or attempts to steal Scrooge McDuck's Number One Dime, which she believes will play a vital role in magically obtaining the same fabulous wealth of its owner.

She states that the group attempts to " strip references of their original meaning without necessarily losing their status as icons ".

She attempts to injure him and fails.

She attempts to go reclaim Chris, but he refuses ( because he wants to stay with his friends — fellow refugees ).

She attempts to dissuade him from his quest, but sends him to Urshanabi the ferryman, who will help him cross the sea to Utnapishtim.

She asks him why he is in the underworld while alive, and he tells her about his various troubles and futile attempts to get home.

She complains that, despite increasingly desperate attempts to capture a husband via intensive flirtation at hurling matches, wakes, and pattern days, the young men insist on ignoring her in favor of late marriages to much older women.

She spurns any attempts to help her friends to build the float and decorate the gym, except in annoying everyone with ridiculous suggestions to build herself up and make herself the star, to the exclusion of everyone else.

She gets drunk and Harlan attempts to rape her in the parking lot.

She made several attempts to win election to the House of Commons as a Labour MP but was unsuccessful ,.

She attempts to find a way out and becomes alarmed by mysterious voices calling to her and by some subtle movements made by the supposedly lifeless mannequins around her.