He took ten years to come to terms with a very obdurate and highly original painter.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The haredim, perhaps incongruously, could offer hope for a more temperate, less obdurate ethos of Jewish nationhood.

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