There was one hero, however, who could be regarded as specially Athenian, and that was Theseus, to whom the original political synoecism of Attica was attributed even by a hardheaded writer like Thucydides.
Gorbachev & fellow-pragmatists within the so-called socialist bloc are adopting Western values & practices, &, aroused by Gorbachev's hardheaded approach to his country's problems, & by the universal acclaim that approach has received, nearly all of Europe is undergoing a so far benign but profound upheaval.
Seoul has an opportunity to begin to bridge the gap with Pyongyang by pursuing a hardheaded approach that we call tailored engagement.
Amid the fallout from Thursday's summit, at which Van Rompuy was the favourite but which Ashton obtained hers by default, a hardheaded reckoning was tallying the winners and losers.
Hardheaded Weather, by Cornelius Eady (Putnam; $25.95).
But I was puzzled at first by the enthusiasm with which a relatively academic paper was seized upon by usually bullish, supposedly hardheaded business commentators.
JON CARAMANICA DEER TICK "Divine Providence" (Partisan) There used to be a pretty simple division between studio albums and live shows by Deer Tick, the hardheaded indie-rock band from Providence, R. I
"Lifespan of a Fact's" confrontation boils down in director Leigh Silverman's lucidly handled, 90-minute production, on a utilitarian set by Mimi Lien, to a test of wills and three distinct perspectives articulated by a trio of hardheaded characters.
He was driven by ambition-a skillful, hardheaded political operator, enamored of power, and deeply involved in all the ambiguities and oblique maneuvers that are inevitable in the pursuit of power.
