Japan's national character throughout the bulk of its history displays a remarkable openness to and interest in other cultures, and a steadfast desire to learn from those cultures.
Still, it's hard not to take pause when Luft, 60, says that she maintained that steadfast, neo-vaudevillian mindset even after learning she had breast cancer in January.
I am learning to love the pit bull for his steadfast protective qualities while also recognizing my unhealthy attachment to his stubborn and mindless ferociousness.
Learning of this, the army at Samos deposed its generals and elected new generals who were believed to be more steadfast in their support of democracy, Thrasybulus and Thrasyllus among them.
So what can we learn from her steadfast competition and humble nature?
"We will remain steadfast in our efforts to learn from this and other experiences as we work toward contributing to an Internet that represents the best, not the worst, of humanity," Lee concluded.
For some women, female friends are their first and most steadfast allies, but Sonnenberg has to learn to trust them.
Murray could learn a lot from Grant's steadfast stodginess.
Asked why Mr. Sanford strayed from his steadfast helpmate, the mother of his four sons, a banker who learned to cook venison and pheasant shot by her menfolk, Mrs. Sanford hesitated.
But then he learned that the director was John Tiffany, who blended emotional intensity and steadfast friendships in the Iraq war play "Black Watch," and that the book writer was the Irish playwright Enda Walsh, known for lyrical prose in plays like "Penelope".
