In the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, where citizens are protesting against stubborn power cuts that have made the height of summer even more unbearable, a high of 49C will be the norm this week.
Knowing it was not specifically approved by justice department attorneys, an interrogator scraped al-Nashiri with "the kind of brush one uses in a bath to remove stubborn dirt", which cut and bruised the detainee.
In San Jose, encampments, which tend to be clustered and hidden in the woods along Coyote Creek and the Guadalupe River, have increased because of rising rents, stubborn unemployment and cuts in social services and outreach workers, according to a recent city report.
To critics, Bachar cut a stubborn, self-righteous figure, uncompromising on matters of daring style and minimal gear.
AS THOUSANDS of inhabitants of Mali's normally sleepy capital, Bamako, flooded south over the Bridge of Martyrs to the comparative safety of the River Niger's right bank on Wednesday afternoon, a man in a flowing robe and skull cap cut a stubborn figure as he walked the other way.
The spot features companionable ribbing from Young about House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi being "one stubborn... .. before being gently cut off by Hirono.
It cuts right through the stubborn film and leaves surfaces sparkling clean.
For many who cut, the scars become a stubborn life chapter that just won't shut.
As the elastic cut into my stomach, my stubborn attitude refused to admit my extra large size.
But even in the absence of clear-cut definition, facts are still stubborn things.
