New Jersey officials have resisted adopting such a policy because they fear it might encourage corruption, said Dan Heneghan, spokesman for the Casino Commission.

Arie, Jill Scott, Kehinde Spencer, and other artists have resisted adopting many of the images they use to represent them and the content of their lyrics.

Despite the negative light that the Rome trial has thrown on the collecting habits of American museums, other institutions, including the Met, have resisted adopting similar acquisition standards.

Editors have resisted adopting a detailed ethics code for fear it could be misapplied and used against them in lawsuits.

But until now its officials have resisted adopting an academy-style approach.

China has so far resisted adopting that kind of mechanism, but Administration officials said Mr. Zhu was at least prepared to experiment with the idea.

But industry executives have resisted adopting Clipper as a standard for several reasons.

Dr. Trimble said the cancer institute was taking special pains to publicize the treatment and to encourage patients to push for it because doctors had resisted adopting it despite mounting evidence in its favor.

But the city has resisted adopting a plan to integrate its neighborhoods by building new public housing.

Kim Jong Il has "resisted adopting every policy that could have brought the misery to a quick end," Becker says, making "the suffering he inflicted on an entire people an unparalleled and monstrous crime."