The Republicans seemed completely intransigent on taxes and Democrats seemed unyielding on cuts to entitlements.
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According to Mr King, Germany became "more intransigent about issues than anyone would have believed".
EU's intransigent refusal to open its market wider to farm products (see article).
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But they must be aware that erstwhile friends have repeatedly toppled intransigent Afghan rulers.
The unions have described the latest offer by the company as derisory and their position as intransigent.
What was a slow bleed of marketshare is now gushing, and management is clueless, intransigent, and myopic.
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Others may not make the leap, or be capable of overcoming an ingrained intransigent inflexible, risk-averse IT culture.
CAL's problems, Kupferschmied told Asiaweek, were caused mainly by an intransigent corporate culture rooted in military heroism and risk-taking.
Even if he wins re-election, he would still face an intransigent Republican House.
Argentina's notoriously intransigent unions were always likely to make it harder to get good results from a fixed currency.
Despite losing a highly-contentious election less than three months ago, Republicans have been trying to appear less extreme and intransigent overall.
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Are you witnessing similar behaviors, attitudes, and intransigent attitudes in your organization?
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It is a worry that is more often held about Britain, that other intransigent nation-state, whose cussedness in Europe has become legendary.
Everyone, even the most intransigent Congressperson, wants better treatments for cancer, heart disease, genetic diseases, infections, and the many other illnesses that afflict us.
And in a May 3, 2010, article, Pollack once again saw fit to provide an anti-biotech quote from one of the technology's intransigent, ineducable critics.
One could blame both parties equally, as both have their positions, but as I see it, it is the Republicans who are the most intransigent.
Conspiracy theorists insist that mayoral dislike of the contracts made TFL intransigent in its dealings with the two firms, something that TFL has always denied.
Are they still -- were they still that intransigent in there?
Already the army is smaller and less intransigent than of old.
Los Angeles can tend to be somewhat of an intransigent city, so think about if you are here to stay or if your job could change.
But the Merseyside story offers hope that savings can be made in even the most intransigent public services by preventing problems rather than merely coping with them.
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Some fear that the rebels are being deliberately intransigent, in the hope that the dire humanitarian crisis will force the world powers to send in troops.
Minutes later, Boehner is standing uncomfortably at a mic, delivering his lines on cue and promising an answer but arguing that the White House is intransigent.
In one large organization we talked to, the VP of Sales who demands iPads for all her sales reps, confronts an intransigent CIO worried about security and ROI.
Probably not, so long as the Algerian government remains intransigent.
International observers worry that the rebels are being deliberately intransigent, in the hope that the dire humanitarian crisis will force the world powers to send troops to the region.
No less significantly, Mr Assad appears to be edging away from his previous all-out backing for Hamas, whose Damascus-based leaders have often sounded more intransigent than their beleaguered peers in Gaza.
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