If the signature weapon of tenacious insurgents over the past decade-plus of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq was the improvised roadway explosive, then the signature weapon of the American response was the Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected vehicle, or MRAP.
Secretary Hillary Clinton and Ambassador Melanne Verveer -- her partner in Beijing and the dogged and tenacious efforts over the decades since -- have been our Generals.
In the meantime, liberal and conservative Democrats were engaged in a tenacious, bitter brawl over the presumed soul of the state party, and this ferocious struggle had been bared for everyone to see during the first hours of President Kennedy's visit.
At week 12, the defects of the right knee joint in the experimental group were filled with white semi-translucent new cartilage tissue, of a colour similar to normal cartilage and tenacious in nature, slightly protruding over the peripheral cartilage surface, with no clear margin at the interface with normal cartilage, as shown in Figure 6.
"He's the guy that everyone is looking up to right now," the American said after Murray had ground out a tenacious 6-3, 6-4 (4-7), 6-4 win over two hours and 17 minutes on Court Central.
His tenacious parents' worries are not over, as the risk of relapse and the late effects of treatment are an unfortunate reality they hope not to face.
With their 109-95 win over a tenacious Detroit Pistons on Monday, the Warriors remained the only unbeaten team in the league.
The Islanders could not clear the puck away from Osgood, and Brind'Amour, a tenacious veteran, scooped it over his shoulder for his 22nd goal.
The Chiefs secured back-to-back titles, thanks to a dramatic, come-from-behind 27-22 victoverover a tenacious Brumbies side in Hamilton on Saturday, and in the process defied those who doubted the team's ability to back up its success last year.
Barely a fortnight after Agnieszka, her more celebrated older sister, underlined her recent resurgence with a run to the Wimbledon semi-finals, Urszula Radwanska reached the second WTA Tour final of her career with a tenacious three-set win over Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova at the Istanbul Cup.
"Is photography art?" Almost 200 years from the advent of the medium, critics are still lashing out at each other over this tenacious question.
