And G.M. has made matters worse by repeatedly resorting to the incentive programs whenever sales flagged, like the "employee discounts" it made available to customers this summer.

As usual, there was controversy -they had an overtime goal disallowed, and they repeatedly resorted to protecting Bob Froese with last-ditch huddles in the goal mouth rather than adroit defensive play in the less dangerous zones.

The speakers repeatedly resorted to Scripture in shouts of advice.

Like the Palestinians, the President's equally delighted aides repeatedly resorted to the word historic to describe his visit.

The alpine villages were caught between the retreating, half-starved soldiers who repeatedly resorted to theft and robbery to survive, and the advancing Italian army.

Tellingly, with the game in the balance, while the Huskies repeatedly resorted to 3-point shooting, North Carolina attacked and got baskets in transition.

Ted Koppel of ABC News, who had been talking pretty steadily, uninterrupted by commercials, for most of the 80-minute wait, repeatedly resorting to compliments on Cape Town's natural beauty and splendid weather, understandably welcomed the first view of the freed leader as "a moment best left alone without commentary."

Problem Child 2 followed in 1991; however, the script was considered not par with the original and repeatedly resorted to adult language, thus limiting the film's overall appeal.