It can be downright mulish about burying its rare moments of violence or sex.

NEWYORKER: Roux with a View

Robbins can seem mulish and out of it, but then, as an impish grin takes over his face, he suddenly becomes inspired.

NEWYORKER: Noise

The 83-year-old group can afford to let noisy secular rivals scrap with mulish ruling generals because its own front, the Freedom and Justice Party, along with some smaller partners, looks poised to sweep nearly half the seats in parliament's lower house.

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