It is the partners who have to deal with the aftermath, with silent men who prefer to hide pain and fear away than admit any weakness, with the private side of someone who in public must by tradition be steadfast in the face of immense danger and illogically sanguine about unavoidable injury.
Unlike some other cultures in nearby Asia, Masdar has an advantage of being built in the steadfast Arab cultural environment where traditions and collectivism have not been significantly affected by the hegemonic forces of globalisation and imperial colonialism inherent to late capitalism [51].
"Stand, stand firm Gibraltarians,/Firm as the Rock that guards the sea./To God and our Queen, and traditions of our land,/Stand ever steadfast in love and loyalty".
For religious puritans, the ban on women driving is a sign that the government remains steadfast in the face of a Western onslaught on Saudi traditions.
In exquisitely poised shots that cut together at jolting angles, Mizoguchi reveals the unholy tangle of steadfast love with class barriers, economic forces, and stubbornly unjust traditions.
Their rocky road to commitment encompasses struggles between tradition and modernity, duty and dreams, and, most important, male (steadfast, dull, basically right) and female (headstrong, selfish, essentially wrong).
Timely embellishment is part of the Gilbert and Sullivan tradition, of which Albert Bergeret, the Players' artistic director and conductor, is a steadfast conservator.
Because the rich diversity of these traditions notwithstanding, the centerpiece of the Passover story remains the same: a people yearning for freedom and steadfast in their commitment to moral principles and a belief in a better future, even in the face of enduring hardships, repression and persecution.
