Sentence examples for to intransigent from inspiring English sources

Fiat's Italian factories were notoriously inflexible thanks to intransigent unions and a lack of investment.

But they also admit that it will be impossible to get any lavish outlays through Congress, thanks to intransigent Republican opposition and qualms among centrist Democrats.

The western tradition of science fiction, largely the product of rightwing American writers, is high on individualism, expansionist politics and engineering or military solutions to intransigent problems.

As a lifelong Republican, I am sad that Senator John McCain has given prominent campaign roles to intransigent Cuban-Americans who want no change in U.S. policy.

In breaking with the notion of the enemy as a force that was a natural and irreconcilable "terrorist", Dempsey dealt significant blows to intransigent insurgents while drawing others into a meaningful political process.

Such an informed approach has the potential for development of more appropriate and culturally responsive programs being implemented in ways that lead to the desired impacts, as well as to lead to evaluation approaches that support effective solutions to intransigent social problems.

An unwilling participant in a renegotiation is likely to be intransigent – to quibble over the smallest issues, to voice recriminations, and generally to block proposed changes.

There are still places for the loner artist to escape "yuppification". On the other hand, those Japanese masters were authentically popular artists who did not need to be intransigent to be good.

Should the G.O.P. enter into yet another budget showdown with Mr. Obama in which they appear to be intransigent, eager to slash spending programs for the poor and determined to secure tax breaks for the rich?

Richmond California Mayor Gayle McLaughlin, who marched with Occupy, now leads an initiative to force intransigent banks to negotiate with underwater homeowners through eminent domain.

But remember those links above: you only need 3% of a population to be intransigent activists to have a massive effect on society, on the scale of overthrowing entire governments.