A firm ECB president, unwilling to yield to political pressure, is needed.

But to succumb to it is a mistake.

You must not yield to temptation.

Tom was trying not to panic.

I think rather than giving in to external pressure, it's time for the Japanese to make our own decision to stop more dolphin fishing and whaling because it barbaric . Twitter user Takao Setaka took a look at both sides of the argument

There are at least three reasons why the IMF should resist this pressure, and abstain from increasing its (already extremely high) exposure to Europe.

But the US should not succumb to this temptation.

We will never give in to terrorist demands.

Two opposite temptations must be resisted.

It is in the enlightened self interest of us all not to give in to the temptations of protectionism.

British officers believed that they were being brave by not being swayed by emotions !

The devil is very powerful and we must resist him.

It's pressure sensitive, you can notice.

New fungal infections are even scarier and might be harder to treat.

So how does Musharraf survive?

Russia must demand that it not be mocked by patronizing Western applause for its parody of reform.

Perhaps our best hope for stability and peace lies in China s refusal to be provoked.

Having enjoyed a few days of Bush bashing, India got on with the job of bowing to pre election political pressures.

Bloggers accused the company of giving in to political pressure from the Russian government.

It is small and poor and extremely susceptible to Russian pressure.

You would think it would be a very erratic process, and you have a very smooth outcome of this chaotic process.

Today, however, there is no external counterweight to the domestic political pressure that is stalling further liberalization.

Public institutions were rapidly modernized, political democracy adopted, and a standard market economy created. But ordinary people were put under tremendous pressure to adjust quickly, and sometimes painfully.

Frequently, governments need to be coaxed into accepting the inevitability of compromise, thanks to pressure from below.

US trade policy has been remarkably resistant to protectionist pressure in recent years.

But ordinary people were put under tremendous pressure to adjust quickly, and sometimes painfully.

In 1830, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Europeans should not succumb to this temptation, for the move from dependency to equal partnership is not measured by rhetoric. Instead, Europeans must assume a fairer share of the transatlantic burden, putting in place a truly common European foreign policy, and think and act as a regional power with a global outreach.

Europeans should not succumb to this temptation, for the move from dependency to equal partnership is not measured by rhetoric.

Dzulkefly Ahmad, a former MP from Kuala Selangor, advised the government not to be influenced by the big powers

There's the bulldozer version. Now, it doesn't use pressure sensitive glue.

And I, in turn, began enforcing my role as a rebel refusing to succumb to family pressure.

Nevertheless the pressure would eventually become too much for Suharto, who resigned on 21 May 1998.

When the EU s citizens ponder Ukraine s place in Europe, they should look both beyond and more closely at the face they see.

This could generate financial strains over the medium term and protectionist pressures in the short term.

Actual appreciation would lead to actual deflation and further downward pressure on domestic interest rates.

Most constitutions including the American one aspire to freeze history, or to set up a lasting institutional order that will resist the winds of change.

The hope of EU membership gives mainstream Romanian politicians and the Romanian public strong incentives not to succumb to nationalist sentiments.

The Gulf States, especially Saudi Arabia, have so far resisted US pressure to endorse Maliki.

In order to counter that pressure, he will have to show that a cessation of violence is in the higher interest of Palestinians.

If the European Monetary Union is to survive and ultimately thrive, its leaders must not be tempted by facile solutions.

This will expose the EGF to wasteful political posturing and lobbying by countries and sectors.

If the Russian state functioned well, Putin could continue to withstand pressure from opposition leaders.

The two groups are hard pressed to formulate a clear political and social platform.

And not to continue thinking, and not to yield to irritation, she rang and ordered her trunks to be brought, to pack their things for the country.