His resolute hawkishness helped persuade the Democrats to pass the war resolution and reminded presidential candidates like Dick Gephardt that elections are won by being firm on defence.More broadly, Mr Blair has simply been far better than Mr Bush at making the case for war, even in America.
At least Sutherland warrants his salary because it goes towards treating the RSI he's developed in his face from pulling that grimly resolute expression so often.
"We go into the negotiations aiming to be constructive and engaged but also resolute and firm and no one should underestimate our determination to succeed".
Nimco Ali, the FGM campaigner, who is on the committee for WEP, is resolute on the fact that having high-profile women in senior positions both benefited women under the coalition government and will do so again.
The pressure I was under, I don't think any other player would still be upbeat, understanding, resolute.
Later, according to the classified documents, the Iron Lady – resolute, principled, unflinching – accepted that the government would have to allow "a murderer to go free".
She's resolute and at times bloodthirsty – the khaleesi, that is.
The campaigns have had varying degrees of success, with some companies promising to make sweeping changes while others remain resolute in their current practices despite the pressure from Greenpeace.
However, if the French people are able to identify a visible, resolute and accountable leadership at EU or eurozone level that gives economic recovery priority by focusing on debt reduction as much as on investment strategies, growth policies and indeed takes the first step towards pan-European welfare models, then the anti-EU trend could be reversed.
David Cameron had to combine two central themes: first, the urgency and inevitability of the cuts, which involve making clear the responsibility of the Labour party in the buildup to the crisis; and second, the improvements and opportunities that flow from resolute early decisive action.
But Osborne used the opportunity to warn that Britain would be "resolute and firm" in seeking to repatriate powers before a referendum on whether the UK should quit the union.
