They yield neither to persuasion nor to coercion. The fame and interest of objective condition can't tempt them.

Regulators were green-lighting his bid to purchase the rest of satellite broadcaster BSkyB, but now he had to deal with the nasty shareholders who couldn't be charmed or threatened.

The first day of art class, I took one look at him and I saw this quiet old man who looked like he wouldn't take any crap from anyone.