pocket of resistance

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Fig. a small group of people who resist change or domination. The accounting department seems to be a pocket of resistance when it comes to automating.

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Just as the bosses thought they had snuffed out one pocket of resistance, along would come another group of crack pensioner letter-writers taking them to task for their miserable penny-pinching policies. Stamp out all means of defiance by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The assault wipes out the last known pocket of resistance in Kandahar City by Al Qaida fighters loyal to the collapsed Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. AFGHANISTAN - Jan. 28 - US Special Forces Join Afghan Troops In ... by APS Diplomat Recorder But when it comes to having a flutter on Elite league speedway, there is a pocket of resistance in the Black Country intent on forcing the bookies to choke on their pre-season odds. Speedway Scene: DON'T WRITE US OFF YET by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			plumb the depths plumbing plummet plummet to plummet to earth plump plump down plump for plump up plunge plunge down plunge from plunge in plunge into plunge to plunk down plus ça change ply ply between ply trade ply with po-faced poacher pock with pocket pocket of resistance pod poetic poetic justice poetic license point point at point blank point down to point is well taken point of no return point of view point out point the finger at point the way point to point to as point toward point up poise poise oneself for poise over poised poised for poised to do poison			pocket in marginal periodontitis pocket in marginal periodontitis pocket in marginal periodontitis pocket infection Pocket Informant for SmartPhone Pocket Internet Explorer Pocket Ion Chamber pocket ionization chamber pocket ionization chamber pocket ionization chamber pocket ionization chamber pocket ionization chamber pocket judgment pocket knife pocket knife Pocket Laser Range Finder pocket lighter Pocket Lighter and Pyro Gadgets Pocket Linux Embedded Box Pocket listing Pocket Media Assistant Pocket mice Pocket mice pocket money Pocket Monster Pocket Monsters Pocket Monsters Card Game pocket mouse pocket mouse Pocket Note Book pocket of resistance Pocket Outlook Object Model pocket park Pocket Part Pocket PC Pocket PC Pocket PC Phone Pocket PC Phone Pocket PC Phone Edition Pocket PC Thoughts Pocket PC Warez Pocket PCs Pocket pet Pocket pet Pocket pet Pocket pet Pocket piece Pocket piece Pocket pistol Pocket Printed Filk Database Pocket Programming Language Pocket protector Pocket Quick View pocket rat Pocket reference Pocket reference Pocket resuscitator Pocket resuscitator Pocket resuscitator pocket rot Pocket sheriff

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