In the wake of the Paris attacks, Obama has stuck firm to his determination to avoid sending large numbers of US troops to Syria, beyond the limited engagement of special forces.
Under Tony Blair, when Labor stuck firm to the center of the political ground, it was not merely electable; as a modern social democratic party, it really was, as Blair described it, the political wing of the British people.
The Israelis, for their part, are sticking firm to their main demand - the demilitarisation of Gaza.
Apple, probably not too hot on the idea of rolling out a CDMA iPhone when Verizon is working to roll out its LTE network, probably doesn't mind stalling and sticking firm in its ground to get the same sort of deals it gets from AT&T.
Instead, sticking firm to the classical ontological definition of nothing as "the absence of anything" -- whatever this means -- so essential to theological, and some subset of philosophical intransigence, strikes me as essentially sterile, backward, useless and annoying.
You can even negotiate the boundaries, just stick firm to the aspects that are most important to you.
As you walk and stride the course out, make sure you continuously look back upon the course you have already walked, this makes it stick firmer into your memory.
Tucked in behind, and sticking a firm two fingers into the grille of the tedious fitness fascists, is Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
From Scott Murray of The Guardian: "Tucked in behind, and sticking a firm two fingers into the grille of the tedious fitness fascists, is Kiradech Aphibarnrat.
He is pre-emenintly the Tudor politician who embodies sticking to firm principles, upholding moral authority and obeying the dictates of conscience.
