María Asunción Aramburuzabala fought a staunchly macho Mexican society in transforming herself from poor little rich girl to tycoon.
Here, as elsewhere, there's more than a little padding, as well as some far-afield wandering that includes several accounts of British figures initially sympathetic to Hitler who nevertheless fought him staunchly once war began.
It would be great if consumers could review performance data on dropped calls, busy signals and voice quality, but the industry has staunchly fought off attempts to get at it.
The League of Conservation Voters endorsed Hillary over Bernie despite the fact that she pushed fracking worldwide while he staunchly opposed it, and he fought against the Keystone XL pipeline and its dirty oil from the beginning while she took until a few months ago -- during campaign season -- to express opposition.
Held up by the government as symbols of Wall Street greed just as the financial markets started to buckle, the two executives staunchly denied any wrongdoing and have fought the battery of cases brought against them.
As they visit Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon, Glidden depicts her observations and experiences alongside the portrait of a relationship between two childhood friends; one who is a journalist staunchly opposed to the Iraq war, and the other a Marine who fought in it.
The governor general is staunchly loyal to his emperor, but since one of his ancestors was a famous Chinese martyr who fought against the ancestors of the Manchus 600 years earlier, he cannot be too careful.
This is obviously not to say that all lawyers are bad: the people who fought for the rule of law inside the system, such as Wilmshurst and Wood, were lawyers, and many lawyers outside government, such as Philippe Sands QC and Clive Stafford Smith, have staunchly defended the international rule of law, particularly concerning British involvement in torture and rendition.
Moreover, if Mr Wolfowitz entered the bank expecting to fight his corner against a staunchly anti-war staff, his expectation may have been self-fulfilling.
They foxtrot around the parquet floor; they sing; they make a playful spectacle of their mental agility; they even staunchly refuse to fight.
