Ashbery himself was the first to be amazed at how a figure who so resolutely argued against convention, the quintessential outsider, came to occupy a central position in American poetry.
But India, China, Brazil and South Africa have all resolutely argued for HFCs to be dealt with under the UN Framework on Climate Convention and Kyoto Protocol, which allows for a more gradual phase out, subject to alternative technology and funding being available.
Most resolutely, he argued that the United States should cease what he called a habit of lecturing about democracy.
Because of what he had heard at home, Benn resolutely opposed appeasement, and argued against the evil of Fascism.
To be sure, the SPD positions itself as a resolutely pro-European party, arguing for economic convergence, partial social and tax harmonisation, or debt mutualisation, for example in the form of eurobonds.
His support was, however, nuanced: he continued to argue for some sort of conciliation with the Americans, while remaining resolutely patriotic with respect to the French.
In December, during an inspection tour of the navy in southern China, Mr Xi spoke of a "strong-army dream" and said that resolutely obeying the party's orders was the "spirit of a strong army"—a swipe at liberals who argue that the army should be removed from the party's direct control.
As various scholars argue in "The Thief of Time," edited by Chrisoula Andreou and Mark D. White (Oxford; $65) — a collection of essays on procrastination, ranging from the resolutely theoretical to the surprisingly practical — the tendency raises fundamental philosophical and psychological issues.
Kids Company, and particularly its chief executive Camila Batmanghelidjh, have been resolutely critical of statutory child protection social work, arguing that Kids Company "essentially mops up the mess social services fail to deal with".
His subjects were on the surface resolutely prosaic and artless, yet it can be argued that what he demanded of them was quality—he demanded that they be exemplary of the brave, groping, sometimes comic effort to create a built culture that would be consonant with an unprecedented nation.
Previously all occupants of No 10 had resolutely refused to appear before any select committee arguing that Prime Minister's questions (PMQs) was sufficient.
