The big, weird guy obsesses about things like the gum that recently got stuck to his foot.
Until recently, Opera stuck to their guns of charging $35 for their product, but now they offer a free, advertising-supported version and give users the choice of free or pay -- advertising or no advertising.
But more recently, he has stuck to the line favored by the National Rifle Association, proclaiming his unqualified support for the Second Amendment and saying government needs to enforce existing gun laws, not create new ones.
Mr. Brauchli, who had the look of the recently run over, stuck to prepared remarks, wanly observing that he chose this time to resign because he didn't want to be outshone by Mr. Karle, his friend and former classmate at Columbia.
Companies found they could add more value by sticking to their knitting, their "core competence", although one of the most successful companies of that decade, General Electric, was little more than an old-style conglomerate with a particularly fast-changing portfolio.Brian Roberts, the man who built Comcast into a giant cable company, has until recently stuck fairly close to his core.
Certainly, the prime minister has done himself proud recently by sticking to instinctive Tory values.
The trick, he adds, is the focus: "I was recently stuck in traffic on my way to what was supposed to be a relaxing weekend.
Save for his stumble on Elian, Gore has stuck to principle, most recently voting for normalising trade with China against his union constituency.
Take City Park Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah, which recently stuck notices on its tenants' doors ordering them to "friend" the building's management company on Facebook or face eviction.
