As president, she has powers of patronage to tempt all but the most steadfastly hostile MPs.But her shaky majority, if she manages to put one together, could boost the influence of Tamil parties sympathetic to the Tigers.
According to a 2012 Kaiser Foundation/Washington Post poll, black women are among the most steadfastly religious groups in the nation.
Produced by Joe Chiccarelli, who's worked with the likes of Elton John, Morrissey and the Shins, "Welcome the Worms" is punk rock at its most bubblegum, holding steadfastly to the belief that in this electronic-driven era, air-guitaring is still cool.
Downstream countries, most prominently Uzbekistan, have steadfastly opposed Tajikistan's hydroelectric plans.
But several Republicans said they did not see the accord as a model, saying that most developing nations are steadfastly opposed to allowing the United States to dictate labor and environmental standards.
The governor ordered McClellan to turn over his expedition logbooks, but McClellan steadfastly refused, most likely because of embarrassing personal comments that he had made throughout.
It is no accident that today's most successful telecoms firm is Vodafone, which has steadfastly concentrated on building scale within a single horizontal business layer.
Mr. Napolitano remembered Mr. Scalfaro on Sunday as an example of "moral integrity" who "faced one of the most difficult moments of our history firmly and steadfastly".
But the bank itself, and its most important member state, Germany, have steadfastly resisted letting it take up the mantle of lender of last resort.
The Kurds, who are mostly Sunni but not Arab, have steadfastly backed the government, most recently helping to keep it afloat when Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki lacked support from much of Parliament.
Living abroad has not stopped one of the world's most celebrated Scots, Sir Sean Connery, from steadfastly backing the nationalist cause in his homeland.
