He took ten years to come to terms with a very obdurate and highly original painter.
Although the fifth-wicket partnership offered obdurate defence, it was the deception of Swann which earned it.
The haredim, perhaps incongruously, could offer hope for a more temperate, less obdurate ethos of Jewish nationhood.
Despite their numerical advantage, the visitors failed to pierce Leeds' obdurate defensive line.
If you ask Mr Baker, this is where the problem becomes vintage Californian in its obdurate and litigious bureaucracy.
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He has compiled 26 Test centuries and 56 fifties, earning the nickname "The Wall" for his obdurate style of play.
But now there are signs that Angola is getting fed up with Mr Kabila's obdurate refusal to co-operate with his saviours.
If, however, Iran remained obdurate in refusing to comply with these demands, sticks would come into play in the form of sanctions.
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If Iran is obdurate, each set of sanctions leads to the next.
His critics say he's inexperienced in the wily arts of politics, and too obdurate and humourless to succeed in India's fiercely competitive political world.
Such would actually make things worse for the countries that imposed them against the US. For the US would be obdurate and not change a thing.
De Alwis also proved the most obdurate with the bat for Sri Lanka, top scoring with 29 before she was caught by skipper Edwards off Watts.
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Even when they were encamped on Argentina's line in the last five minutes of the first half, the hosts still could not break through their opponents' obdurate rearguard.
The irony is that until recently the Bank was worried about the obdurate strength of consumer expenditure at a time when the public sector was turning into a big spender.
He spoke of the party's pride in Mr Kohl, respected worldwide as both Germany's unifier and Europe's champion, while privately urging the obdurate old man to name his anonymous donors.
But he could certainly send a message to even his most obdurate opponents that he would use whatever tools and influence he had to demand they at least take a stand.
Had they found a way past the obdurate defence of Matthew Hoggard or Deon Kruis, they would have moved top of Division One of the County Championship with three matches remaining.
That brought Lee to the crease, and he was happy to support Hussey with some obdurate defence - although he did well to blast back-to-back fours through the covers against off-spinner Virender Sehwag.
For all their possession and creative intent, Arsenal were continually frustrated by the assistant referee's flag, which denied them on three occasions as they attempted to unlock a thoroughly obdurate and well-drilled Hull defence.
But the generals are obdurate.
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However, runs were not easy to come by for obdurate left-handers Katich and Hussey, given that all but one of the fielders were placed on the off-side and seamers Ishant Sharma and Zaheer made the batsmen reach for the ball wide of the off-stump.
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