Others, however, appear steadfastly opposed.
As Democrats assembled for their convention this week, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo steadfastly refused to appear on his party's biggest stage.
As for the UK economy, there were further falls in mortgage approvals - down 30.6% in February - but deflation steadfastly failed to appear.
There are several moments of attempted updates to the premise (including extremely poor attempts to integrate a disjointed group of operatives into the global security apparatus), but MacGyver remains steadfastly traditional in its revolting attitude toward women, first appearing to fridge a character before turning her into the demonic embodiment of womanly charms.
On June 19th, Gilligan, who had steadfastly defended his reporting, appeared before the committee.
And so it is for Lucy Barton, whose mother makes her first ever plane trip, from rural Illinois to Manhattan, to sit steadfastly beside her daughter's bed, turning away offers of a cot to sleep in, never appearing to eat, scorning the celebrity gossip magazines that distract from the acres of tedium and worry that fill a sickroom.
Universities steadfastly protect their trademarked logos, which appear on everything from oven mitts to underwear, and their reach is increasingly stretching toward high schools.
Roddick appeared intimidated before the first warm-up ball was hit, steadfastly refusing to catch Sampras's eye in the tunnel as the interminable pre-match build- up ran its cacophonous course.
The movement remained steadfastly masculinist, but by the nineteen-eighties Newton's words had begun to appear prescient.
George W. Bush, the man who has steadfastly refused to acknowledge his complicity in the falsehoods and failures of the past five years, appears to be growing up a bit.
