But as Leventhal relentlessly bore down on her — he interrogated her for two days — she looked increasingly defensive, rigid, stubborn, willful, devious.
But in a crisis based in large part on perception, turning off the public broadcaster — one of the only broadcast news sources not owned by Greek business magnates — revealed another side of the prime minister, one his critics say is increasingly autocratic and stubborn, willing to infringe on press freedom and risk a political crisis to meet the demands of Greece's creditors.
In the marriage at the center of the book, Jaz's family is Punjabi Sikh, Lisa's is American Jewish, and his stubborn materialism increasingly diverges from her growing faith.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet In the marriage at the center of the book, Jaz's family is Punjabi Sikh, Lisa's is American Jewish, and his stubborn materialism increasingly diverges from her growing faith.
NEAR QUSAYR, Syria — In the final days of their stubborn but increasingly hopeless stand against an overwhelming assault, Syrian rebels hid among the concrete shells of destroyed houses in the village of Hamediyeh, subsisting on olives and canned beans.
In interviews, they said they did so not so much out of fear of terror as out of anger against a government they saw as increasingly authoritarian, arrogant and stubborn.
Rather than make them look strong and consistent on their core values and principles, Republicans increasingly come off as stubborn lunatics sticking to failed policies and dismissive of the country's will.
Lindy, who has always been a stubborn, willful child, becomes increasingly defiant as a teenager, and one day, she just leaves home -- and doesn't return.
Took time to find his feet, increasingly comfortable with the demands but still stubborn in selection.
