The "business as usual" camp (ie, most big European countries) are growling that being obstinate on these issues infuriates your friends and doesn't damage your enemies.
When Louisiana State visited Virginia Tech today for its opener, the Hokies were familiar with game conditions, obstinate on defense, resourceful at quarterback and running back and ready for a team with an advantage in speed and pedigree.
That obstinate cop on the barricade at Fulton and Broadway probably saved my life.
And although among historians Schiro earns high marks for his handling of the flood (if not for his obstinate views on race), the rumors persist.
He had endured the rain and an obstinate Ruler on Ice, who needed his own van and careful handling to make the trip here from their home base, Monmouth Park on the Jersey Shore.
On the other hand, it was plagued by the cult of personality, by competition between "dynasties" of "rabbis," and by the social and economic consequences of its obstinate insistence on isolating the Hasidic community from the surrounding society.
In some cases, however, defiance was more obstinate and on the first indication of such obstinacy, three or four of the European officers immediately converged on the man and 'rough housed' him, stripping his clothes off him, hitting him, on occasion kicking him and, if necessary, putting him on the ground.
It has lost the P.R. wars due to obstinate stances on such hot-button issues as teacher tenure and teacher evaluation and has managed to paint a constituency that was once perceived by the public as selfless and dignified as a pack coffee-swilling, pension-hoarding hacks.
Eight-year-old Riley, the youngest, is off to the local equestrian center and needs help pulling on some obstinate riding boots.
Mr. Cardenas and Mr. Labastida repeatedly jeered at Mr. Fox, portraying him as obstinate for repeatedly pushing to debate on Tuesday.
If Arachne is inclined, however, to be obstinate, gently blow on her with a full steady breath..
