That is progress of sorts, but the president is holding stubbornly to his position that greenhouse- gas emissions can be reduced without setting standards and timetables for measuring performance a curious stance for someone who holds an MBA degree.
As commander of the 13th Air Force in the South Pacific (spring 1943), Twining directed strategic air assaults against stubbornly held Japanese positions in the Solomon Islands (Guadalcanal and Bougainville) and New Guinea.
I had to decide whether — much as I believed that the process that was used was wrong, that it was a violation of our laws and our constitution, that it was setting a dangerous precedent — I felt the broader interests of the country would not be served by stubbornly pursuing that position.
They can't afford to be exposed for their bullying so they stubbornly occupy their position.
The DSM 5 leadership has to date soldiered on stubbornly defending indefensible positions.
Messages were repeatedly sent back and forth between the parties, but each held to its position stubbornly.
As a result of this attack, a white flag was hoisted and by 05:00 the German and Ottoman soldiers who had stubbornly defended their positions on Wellington Ridge, dominating the camps at Romani, were captured.
Mr. Bush stubbornly clings to his position that this is essentially California's problem, not Washington's.
"They're all playing games; they'll go back and camp stubbornly on their previous positions," says one.
