Despite her tenacious self-presentation, I liked Duke a lot.
Sal Tinajero, Rojas's speech and debate coach at Fullerton, told the newspaper that Rojas is a tenacious self-starter who thrives on competition.
For them to do so and still maintain distinct languages across generations happens only amidst unusually tenacious self-isolation such as that of the Amish or brutal segregation.
In 1997, the Heaven's Gate cult showed the world just how tenacious self-deception can be.
An artist with a tenacious ego can work, especially if they have a shade of self awareness, but it fails when the music sounds this ridiculous.
One Australian veteran, Sergeant Charles Lemaire, who had previously fought against the Germans at El Alamein with the 2/17th Infantry Battalion, described the Japanese as "tenacious, brave, self-sacrificing".
In that legendary School House Rock episode, my son learned from the tenacious, slightly self-deprecating, anthropomorphic "Bill" that lawmaking is an affirmative, proactive process that Congress undertakes to solve problems.
Many of us struggle with tenacious feelings of self-doubt; this is embodied deep within American culture.
By extension, we also hope they'll exhibit the virtues that are traditionally associated with a classical liberal education: well-informed, honest, courteous, industrious, self-disciplined, self-reliant, resilient, tenacious, public-spirited and open hearted.
She is tenacious, in the un-self-pitying manner of an immigrant who has accepted the challenges of survival and inevitable change without lament.
