Loosing heads and losing heads are apparently skills linked quite closely by stubbornness and pride.
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Hard-headed stubbornness is not s trait that people generally admire in others, politicians or otherwise.
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It also reflects frustration with the Iraqi regime, mainly because of its blind stubbornness.
"I exhibited my stubbornness and overrode what the doctors were telling me, " he said.
As to character, the young Margaret Thatcher combined stubbornness, imperviousness and a sense of grievance.
But ideological stubbornness may be just one ingredient in the recipe for congressional paralysis.
But the worst risk for Mr Clinton may be his own combination of optimism and stubbornness.
His stubbornness explains the delay in agreeing the rules under which any leadership election will be fought.
Ignoring her stubbornness, my mother dragged her to the underground shelters in spite of the old woman's protestations.
After Brynwood presented its cost-cutting proposals and the workers struck, the stubbornness of the fight surprised both sides.
The United States' stubbornness, so annoying to Libya and American oil companies alike, has not proved very effective.
Despite his reputation for stubbornness, Apple's chief apology officer has staged two other turn-arounds in the recent past.
That stubbornness may rule out the obvious remedy: calling the whole farce off before someone is badly hurt.
"I don't think it is out of stubbornness because being stubborn isn't going to help anything, " she said.
This is, after all, a man who believes that stubbornness is a virtue.
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The Russians believe that their stubbornness has changed how the world responds to Syria and that alone is a victory.
Not surprisingly, Mr Demirel has put these advances down to growing Turkish stubbornness.
Mr Ecevit's stubbornness has proved too much even for his closest political allies.
When does sticking to your beliefs shift from ad-mirable fortitude to blind stubbornness?
They can entertain with eccentricity or anecdotes, vex with their stubbornness, seduce with hospitality and amaze with feats of strength.
The weakness and the stubbornness you are showing in this crisis is an immediate danger for Gilad's life and health.
If you never give in, your stubbornness will eventually become a career-halting boundary between you and those that can promote you.
Apparently those elements create the perfect environment for the introverted, perfectionist sorts who have the patience and stubbornness to craft wristwatches.
The Iron Lady is a string of episodes demonstrating Margaret Thatcher's remarkable strength, stubbornness and resolve combined with flashes of feminine charm.
With performances like these, the result is not so much an issue movie as a study of human quiddity and stubbornness under siege.
Major mistakes in monetary policy have already been made, and continued stubbornness at the top of the Fed will merely exacerbate the problem.
That she not only lived but recovered is nothing short of a miracle and the fruit of grit, determination, and just plain stubbornness.
But in the face of Mr Sistani's stubbornness he has agreed to a clutch of adjustments, so far unspecified, to his caucus method.
By its own stubbornness, the company has lost its way and seemingly has no clue what its next good idea is going to be.
With a stubbornness worthy of a better application, the latter try to defend that which exists only in their imagination the Soviet central authorities.
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