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Well, not entirely … One small town of indomitable Afrikaners still holds out against the invaders.
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Messrs Lembong and Bambang press on with deregulation and Jokowi holds out against protectionist measures from parliament, keeps control of his more recalcitrant ministries and maintains his onslaught against corruption.
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One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders."French original: "Nous sommes en 50 avant Jésus-Christ. Toute la Gaule est occupée par les Romains… Toute ? Non ! Car un village peuplé d’irréductibles Gaulois résiste encore et toujours à l’envahisseur.
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In Strong Poison Climpson now runs an employment agency for women. She is a member of a jury in Harriet Vane's trial for murder, and holds out against a guilty verdict, creating a hung jury. She is described as having a "militant High-Church conscience of remarkable staying power." In spite of her conscience, she pretends to be a medium and holds a séance in order to obtain information.
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Obelix and Co. is the twenty-third volume of the Asterix comic book series, by René Goscinny (stories) and Albert Uderzo (illustrations). The book's main focus is on the attempts by the Gaul-occupying Romans to corrupt the one remaining village that still holds out against them by instilling capitalism. It is also the penultimate volume written by Goscinny before his death in 1977; his final volume, Asterix in Belgium, was released after his death in 1979.
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Asterix himself in the centre. Each Asterix comic starts with the following introduction: > The year is 50 BC. Gaul is entirely occupied by the Romans. Well, not > entirely... One small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against > the invaders. And life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison > the fortified camps of Totorum, Aquarium, Laudanum and Compendium... The series follows the adventures of a village of Gauls as they resist Roman occupation in 50 BCE.
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Wootz Steel 326 B.C.E. In the epic battle between Alexander and King Porus, Porus’s much smaller force holds out against Alexander’s massive army and creates a legend of courage equal to the Spartans. When Porus surrenders he hands Alexander a sword made of the finest steel known to man. This sword can slice cleanly through a falling handkerchief, is self-sharpening, and at the same time sharper and more bendable that any steel for the next 2000 years. Wootz steel (from the Tamil ukku/urukku) was used to make the legendary Damascus steel blades.
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