The Punjabis persist in thinking the Mahrs witless and unenterprising, the Mahrs think the Punjabis vulgar and unprincipled; it is perhaps no surprise that when finally someone broke the code of omertà, which concealed the managers' rapacities, it should be Jhanda.
I nevertheless persist in thinking that the true villain of the piece is Lilya's mother.
So much can be delivered in a small space and time, why do playwrights persist in thinking that the only really dramatic gesture is the big one?
Indeed, economics students who persist in thinking that price caps are pro-consumer risk being taken aside by their college advisors and urged to switch to another major.
America cannot fight al-Qaeda without offending the millions of Muslims who persist in thinking that al-Qaeda has half a point.
Why then, even in a week when the Critics Circlee is poised to give Stephen Sondheim a lifetime achievement award, do I persist in thinking the musical is a form in crisis?
Why do a billion of us, rapt followers of the Oscar broadcast, persist in thinking that the annual meeting of the academy's clans -- Actors Branch, Writers Branch, Directors Branch and so forth -- has anything to tell us about the wider world?
Letters are welcome via e-mail to [email protected] power is the answerSIR – Why, oh why, does The Economist persist in thinking that an American-led missile attack on the Assad regime is the best option ("Fight this war, not the last one", September 7th)?
A handful of researchers, however, persist in thinking the unthinkable.
Tam Fry, of the National Obesity Forum, said: "People persist in thinking that fat is just fat and appear ignorant of the many diseases that a high body mass index triggers.
