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The PA formally denied Israeli reports this week that the chairman was contemplating ending his effective house-arrest in Ramallah by resigning or voluntarily going back into exile in Tunisia.Mr Arafat has pledged "martyrdom in my steadfastness for Jerusalem", while desperately seeking support from where he can get it.
Mr Blair, it is now widely believed, prosecuted an unnecessary war largely, if not entirely, because of an overwhelming desire to prove to Mr Bush his steadfastness as an ally.However unfair this may be and there's much to suggest that Mr Blair, if not Mr Bush, continued to hope that coercive diplomacy would make war unnecessary until relatively late in the day Mr Blair knows he has been damaged.
In his recent book, Mr Greenspan said he was worried that the central banks would be unable to withstand the political pressure to inflate if the temporary cost of steadfastness in jobs and lost output was high.Politicians will always lean on central bankers that is the argument for central-bank independence.
Because of that, they are fairly supportive of the governor and his steadfastness (though some, no doubt, would like the former Wall Street billionaire to whip out his personal chequebook and take care of the problem himself).
In a comeback address, he presented something resembling a set of policies and proclaimed his steadfastness for reform.
An admirable steadfastness among Thai people is wearing thin.In this section The twilight zone Peace, in your own time Echoes of dreamland Rising damp Blind man's bluff Digging holes ReprintsEven if much of central Bangkok is spared, the flooding has had a dramatic enough impact already.
And therein lies a tale.Whatever people might think of Mr Giuliani, few have questioned his steadfastness on that terrible morning.
At a recent gathering in Singapore, Mr Wendt told the region's leaders that they needed more investors like him, "not one that sits at a computer and says sell .In this section Unfair protection Fall guy Here come the good guys Default setting The banks are coming Hyposuction Surviving Transparent hype ReprintsOther multinationals, too, have been scoring points for steadfastness.
Technology is helping them to do this, but is it at the expense of old-fashioned steadfastness?
Mr McCain regards his steadfastness on Iraq as one of his chief selling points, and accuses Barack Obama, who opposed the invasion from the first, of naivety about foreign affairs.
Europe cannot understand America's failure to see this.Americans cannot understand why some Europeans dignify terrorism as legitimate "resistance" to an occupation which, but for Palestinian intransigence, Israel's previous government would have ended anywayWhat Europeans fail to see is that, precisely because of his steadfastness in the war against terrorism, Mr Bush is widely admired in America.
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The primary grammatical function of "steadfastness" is that of a noun . It refers to the quality of being resolute, unwavering, or loyal. Ludwig shows examples across various authoritative sources where "steadfastness" acts as the subject or object of a sentence, highlighting its role in describing abstract qualities.
Expression frequency: Very common
