Word: bullheadedness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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It did not seem possible that the Nazis, hard-pressed in their Festung Europa, would attempt an invasion of Britain at this time. But there were some people in London who did believe that bullheaded SS youth might be prepared to make quick, suicidal raids. Such raids could serve the...
In any well-organized army, soldiers who obey their marching orders stay out of trouble and win the fight. But in disorderly Washington, Jeffers got nothing but sore feet for his pains. He made a lot of enemies, convinced many an observer that his "bulling through" was simply bullheaded, got...
Johnson is one of the most controversial and least known Presidents. Some historians and most citizens today know him only as a bullheaded, ill-tempered drunkard who narrowly escaped impeachment by a righteous Congress. But some biographers consider him a great man, ranking just ahead of Abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens and...
Not all Germans are bullheaded and overbearing. Not all Japanese are bucktoothed. Not all Italians pinch bottoms. But last week Adolf Hitler could well agree with the Duke of Alba, Philip of Spain and Napoleon before him that all Dutchmen are stubborn. The evidence:
Maury Maverick, colorful, pugnacious, bullheaded, hardworking, and as ardent a New Dealer as Harold Ickes, last week ran second best in the Democratic election for the mayoralty of San Antonio.