Awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions on April 4 and the Order of the British Empire for his tenacious struggle in support of other prisoners of war, Birchall had a long and distinguished career in the post-war RCAF.
The world has been watching this struggle between a tenacious, brutal and corrupt government, using all the apparatus of the state, and a great and varied body of citizens, armed with nothing but words and music and legitimacy and hope.
Thubten Jigme Norbu, the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama and a tenacious symbol of the Tibetan struggle for independence, died Friday in Bloomington, Ind., his home in exile for four decades.
This poetic first novel about a tenacious 90-year-old woman struggling to endure on her family's farm in upstate New York celebrates the sounds and sensations of the barnyard.
In 2008 the National Book Foundation honored him as "a tenacious champion for writers who were struggling to be read in America".
The setup: Mr. Pataki entered from stage left to hold a "news conference" with the Capitol press corps, a tenacious and occasionally ornery bunch that he often struggles to corral.
The vibrant setting outshines most of the central characters, including a tenacious detective traumatized by his Army service, a jazz cornettist struggling to make ends meet, and their beleaguered female companions.
After several highly publicized remarks that left many in his party questioning whether he had crossed the line in attacking a fellow Republican, Mr. Santorum has struggled to find the balance between being a tenacious underdog and leaving himself open to criticism that he is just an embittered also-ran.
Iraqi officials are irritated by the timing of Mr. Annan's remarks, diplomats said, as Iraq's interim government struggles to organize its first elections in the face of a tenacious insurgency.
Subsidies attract a tenacious and vocal lobby.
Boston has a tenacious cultural memory.
