Word: hardheadedness
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On another channel, Leon Trotsky visits New York City in 1917 to rouse the American proletariat. Burgess tells this story in the form of a libretto for a Broadway musical, complete with lyrics. Trotsky falls for Olga, a hardheaded party worker, while his wife cavorts with a wealthy socialist. Four...
I applauded Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. However, after reading "Hardheaded Détente" [Dec. 27], I would vote for him in 1984. He has no peer in his grasp of essential foreign policy issues.
"I wish I could think of another name for it," he says, "but let's just call it hardheaded détente. It's critical for our national security. You can't hold an alliance, or a country, together just with fear. Fear alone won't...
The Prime Minister's attitude reflects not only her own hardheaded views but a phenomenon that is new for postwar Britain: an upsurge of nationalism similar to what France experienced in the 1960s under President Charles de Gaulle. Said a member of Thatcher's War Cabinet: "In the...
A close friend calls him "calmly committed" but in strategy sessions and ideological discussions, he earns characterizions from some associates of "hardheaded", "arrogant", and "abrasive". Others suggest he is modest--more interested in promoting his ideas than plugging himself. A facile speaker, Molyneux may smile in conversation, but to make...