Why has the president been such an immovable force when it comes to cutting spending?
When Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type a half-millennium ago, he also gave us immovable text.
This peculiar tension, immovable object and irresistible force, is unlikely to change before election day.
General Musharraf made yet another pitch for the jets last week but Mr Bush was immovable.
And then we've got the immovable object which is public aversion to a third runway at Heathrow.
Many nationalists regard Mr Donaldson as the voice of immovable unionism, refusing to compromise or accommodate other traditions.
The economy is caught between an unstoppable force on one side and an immovable object on the other.
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But a few months on, the generals appear as immovable as ever.
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And now she stands, tall and immovable, lighting the way to dreams, that symbol of hope, that Statue of Liberty.
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Throughout Mr Gore's rollercoaster ride in the national polls, the Senate race has been stuck in an immovable dead heat.
We lose more future economic activity by collecting taxes this way than we do by taxing consumption or immovable property.
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When it is backed into a corner, the food industry, which is highly traditional, can become an immovable, impervious solid.
Like Andy, I came up against a seemingly immovable object like Nadal when I played Pete Sampras in my first two semi-finals.
It contains several electrodes, with immovable positively charged particles to attract electrons.
Sadly, Buster Merryfield - who played the brothers' immovable high rise guest Uncle Albert - has died since the sitcom went off air.
"It was the worst best idea I ever had, " Ms. MacIsaac said of the slyly grown-up treat, now an immovable fixture on her menu.
Though it hurt me at the time, I have the blessing of perspective today as I look back on those standing, steadfast, and immovable experiences.
According to Article 39 of the Law of Personal Status for the Catholic communities (Syrians and Lebanese), spouses may each keep ownership of movable and immovable properties.
Given the unstoppable force of users uploading content against the immovable object of rights holders attempting to control the distribution of their content, YouTube ostensibly did nothing.
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At the moment men are entitled to all of their wife's immovable property when she dies, while women can only claim a third of their late husband's estate.
We talked about the world situation and her conviction that Western civilization must be immovable in its opposition to terror, whether state sponsored or accomplished by non-state actors.
Though creaky and aging, he can still be categorized as an immovable object, and the last section of the film expands into a crunching collision between law and order.
People can often make the mistake of treating the Islamist creed as some sort of immovable monolith, but in fact lively debate has always gone on beneath the surface.
Similar strikes had brought past governments to their knees, but Thatcher, in a feat of immense courage and political skill, remained immovable and eventually won public opinion to her side.
As with Australia at its best, there is a slightly dismayed air about many of South Africa's opponents now fine sides scratching their heads as they encounter an apparently immovable object.
But on two other proposals joint Eurobonds to mutualise European debt, and getting the ECB to lend directly to troubled sovereigns Mr Hollande is likely to run into an immovable German obstacle.
Immovable property includes land, the house and its fixtures.
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She is one of a number of Greek Cypriots who have applied to the Immovable Property Commission, a body set up by the TRNC to assess claims to ownership of land in northern Cyprus.
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