By week's end, he appeared resolute in his course, while his aides seemed to be the ones struggling to hide their feelings.
Now, while the top leaders remain resolute in their course, cracks are opening both inside and outside the circles of power over the issue.
Instead a clear-sighted, resolute vision of the course we must stick to through the continuing storm.
He is, of course, intelligent, resolute and handsome, whereas the other male characters (especially non-deserters) are weak, ugly and cruel.
She gives her agent a firm no ("Are you out of your mind?"), then reverses herself with a resolute yes and, over the course of the book, gets her journalistic groove back.
The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty which controls the Congress party is, of course, the most resolute of all modern Indian fiefdoms; so it's ironic that Rahul should be invoking the "young voter" at a time when young people are fed up of corruption but might also be fed up of inherited power, one of the major facilitators of sleaze.
Over the course of 2012, Resolute has backed several companies prior to their having a prototype, because we have loved the team and the idea.
The reason he was so resolute in rebuffing me was, of course, that he was sworn to secrecy about his next role.
"Moreover, he needs to show that resolute sense of determination to stay the course.
Obama's only blame is that he took a year longer to withdraw from Iraq than he first promised – and of course he hasn't been as resolute about exiting Afghanistan, too.
