To date, Democrats said, progress has been negligible because Republicans have been intransigent.
Regional and social divisions have bred intransigent interest groups whose demands cannot often be reconciled by a fragmented political system.
Sure, House Republicans have been intransigent, but Obama could have isolated them, building a governing center-left majority with an unorthodox agenda.
The Nasher contends that the developers of the $200 million tower, completed in January, have been intransigent in refusing to modify its reflective glass skin; the Nasher has proposed louvers for the facade.
Bristol may have been intransigent in the talks with the RFU, but the union announcing the appointment of someone whose resignation had not been accepted and without giving Bristol warning does not smack of good governance.
Republicans strongly disputed Mr. Brown's view that they have been intransigent, saying that they were prepared to reach a budget compromise but that Mr. Brown was unwilling to give on issues like pension cutbacks or spending caps because of allegiance to labor unions.
Yes, the Republicans have been intransigent in their opposition to higher revenues.
The NFL and Washington's owner have remained intransigent in the face of continued opposition to that name.
But it would be a struggle, because you have an intransigent other party that has a polar opposite view of where he is on many issues.
17 Moreover, adolescents have been intransigent in their use of sun protection, 7 8 and this is one of the few interventions that has had an effect on adolescents' sun protective behaviours.
