In a curious way, its steadfastness had gained honour in the later Tsarist days, with several merchant families, known for their integrity, gaining social respect.
Its deterrent capability, its steadfastness would be seriously eroded".
But for its steadfastness, coreopsis is hard to beat.
"A state that cannot tolerate differing opinions, cannot convince the world of its steadfastness on other more dangerous issues".
The ambassador has invited Senator Kyl and his wife for dinner at Mr. Kao's Chinese restaurant to praise him for his steadfastness in protecting America's (read: our) interests.
Europe cannot understand America's failure to see this.Americans cannot understand why some Europeans dignify terrorism as legitimate "resistance" to an occupation which, but for Palestinian intransigence, Israel's previous government would have ended anywayWhat Europeans fail to see is that, precisely because of his steadfastness in the war against terrorism, Mr Bush is widely admired in America.
Ahmadinejad's entourage claim that his "steadfastness in resisting the American Great Satan" was a factor in helping Obama defeat "hardliners" such as Hillary Clinton and, later, it hopes, John McCain.
Perhaps most intriguingly, Mr. Kahney points to Apple's steadfastness in keeping its products proprietary as a main reason for its success.
ASEAN, South-East Asia's regional club, deliberately chose Bali as the site of its annual summit to show steadfastness in the face of terrorism and to promote the island's recovery.
In this story, the town comes out looking like a bastion of steadfastness in the face of relentless bullying, its first responders battling heroically to reach those in need, its children trying desperately to get to their first day of school.
