Word: doggedness
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Labor was the party of Israel's socialist founders, and at the convention there were glimpses of the old stalwarts: sun-creased kibbutzniks, leather-capped union men, teachers and a few men and women of dogged ideals. But they were outnumbered by party apparatchiks, with their cologne and insipid handshakes...
Political bias has dogged the UN investigation since its inception. It is widely held that the UN investigation owes its existence to the interests of the U.S., which saw it as a useful tool to pressure Damascus into better behavior in Iraq, cease meddling in Lebanese affairs and to drop...
To accomplish all that, Kotz and his team are listening carefully to whistleblowers like Harry Markopolos, the private securities fraud investigator who dogged Madoff for years and whistled loudly, and to others, both inside and outside the agency. "Harry has been helpful for two reasons; he has specifics on...
But a financial pinch isn't the only reason McDonald's is winning fans in Europe - and in standoffish France in particular. According to Berger, after laboring for years in France with the greasy-spoon label imposed by detractors (as le mal bouffe, or junk food), the company has of...
The fact remains, though, that the major speaking slots for religious figures will be filled this year by Protestant Christians. It's possible that Obama aides got so tied up in a search for ideological diversity - Warren is a theologically conservative Evangelical, Lowery a feisty political liberal, Robinson the first...