Karl is just as unctuous and obstinate in Norris' play, this time trying to persuade Bev and Russ to halt the transaction.
BEHIND THE NEWS His problem is seething anger in the ranks over the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden on May 2. Under pressure from fellow top commanders, General Kayani has become much more prickly and obstinate in dealing with Washington, officials said.
Wellfleet residents take a certain fierce and obstinate pride in the signs that identify their houses.
If so, it is fair to ask whether Beijing will rise to the occasion and be a graceful loser or remain obstinate in the face of overwhelming opposition to its actions in the South China Sea.
You can fumble a mystery, misunderstanding what you're reading or remaining obstinate in the face of real data, and the game respects that.
The persistent and obstinate way in which the "reformers" are spreading their ineffective and destructive panaceas lead me and many of my colleagues to believe these experts' objectives are to sufficiently "dumb down" the populace so they can be more easily manipulated to vote against their own interests.
Democrats, preparing for a veto fight, sought to portray President Bush as obstinate in the face of public sentiment against the war.
The United States and other major Western powers have toned down the public pressure on the Chinese this year, partly because they believe Beijing gets more, not less, obstinate in the face of external pressure.
Congressional: to act infantile and obstinate, as in "Cut the crap and just call your mother-in-law.
The film is a cinematic page-turner, constructed on a simple architecture: the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, mainly from the perspective of a C.I.A. agent, Maya (Jessica Chastain), whose meticulous and obstinate investigation culminates in the military raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, that resulted in his death.
