All the while Dawson, in an emergency batting position as opener due to Hampshire's injury problems, remained steadfast until, at 231, he attempted to pull Steve Kirby and got a thin edge to Kieswetter.
On the surface, at least, the couple remained steadfast fidelistas.
Holloway was far more composed during today's press conference than in the aftermath of defeat at Villa yet he remained steadfast in his view that a Premier League fine would be a resignation issue.
But despite the clashes at Orgreave and at other picket lines across the country, Margaret Thatcher remained steadfast in her commitment to not give in to Arthur Scargill and the strikers.
"While the business outlook remains cloudy and profits are under severe pressure, panelists have remained steadfast in their belief that a recession is unlikely," said Richard Berner, president of the association and chief United States economist at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.
But in some corners, Mugabe is feted as a nationalist hero who triumphed over colonial power Britain on the battlefield and at the ballot box, and who remained steadfast in his commitment to the promotion of black African power.
Although critics panned the novel, Balzac remained steadfast in his belief that it provided an important look at philosophy, especially metaphysics.
Drawn into the service of an empire that he knew, intellectually at least, had already passed its zenith, he remained steadfast in his commitment to it".
But after weeks of reporters trailing him at public appearances and press conferences, the mayor remained steadfast.
