Word: hardheadedness
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In the end, Thaci's greatest hurdle may be his own character. The isolated region of Kosovo where he was born, Drenica, is known for its hardheaded individualists. Those same rural traditions--"a Drenica person opens his heart to no man," says a longtime friend--have given Thaci a secretive...
This is, to say the least, a peculiar reversal and an instructive one. Since they first lumbered out of the Serengeti, the men and women of our species have approached the mysteries of romance from different vantages. Generally it's the men who prefer to move in the direction Lewinsky...
Primakov is not overtly anti-U.S., but he is a gosudarstvennik, a proponent of a strong, centralized Russian state in foreign and domestic affairs. His opposition to American policies stems from this world view. And it wins him the support of the nationalists and communists in the Duma, who...
Lam also turned to that old panacea, diversification--both artistic and geographic. Her products these days include furniture, glassware, sculptures and jewelry as well as cutlery and dinnerware. About half of her production comes from U.S. manufacturers; she also has silver objects made in India in addition to the stainless...
A clever ploy. But the hardheaded truth is that premature death from smoking, which generally affects people in their late-middle and early retirement years, is an economic boon to society. The money saved on pensions and on the truly expensive health care that comes with old age--something these...