WHEN a politician who has been resolutely pushing a cherished but controversial reform suddenly declares himself flexible about it, watch out for a change of course.
Whereas Perec resolutely pushes the reader away from grasping that absence, Beauman is more generous – history forces its way back in.
Looking at the careers of President Clinton or Vice President Al Gore, one gets the sense of a man running a marathon, resolutely pushing on with thoughts of glory at the finish tape.
Amid the construction dust of a faux Southern California shopping mall, where cream walls, marble floors and luxury boutiques were taking shape, a construction worker resolutely pushed his wheelbarrow, ignoring a poster of a lingerie model, dressed in little more than a black cowboy hat.
Meanwhile Obama's bold budget, which he so fondly nicknames "middle-class economics", will likely escape major media attention amid all this immigration kerfuffle, but still be resolutely pushed forward by the administration.
AIG was preparing to float AIA for up to $25 billion when Prudential stepped in with an offer $10 billion higher.Tidjane Thiam, Prudential's current chief executive, and Mark Tucker, his predecessor, have pushed resolutely towards Asian expansion.
How they can live among so many white people so resolutely not seeing the forces that push so hard against their communities and their lives?
Big Ben makes a few attempts to push forwards, but the Cards defend resolutely.
Diptyque is an avant-garde, resolutely chic Parisian scent concern whose perfumes and candles push boundaries, take risks and generally form one of the most interesting collections in the world.
While Mr. Klimmt was in the government, Mr. Schroder was able to brush off criticism from the left wing of his Social Democratic Party as he pushed it resolutely toward the center, cutting taxes and becoming an unlikely darling of big business.
