Word: intransigente
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Iran's Rafsanjani is believed by Washington to be anxious to dispose of the hostage issue quickly so he can open his war-ravaged country to the outside world. But powerful hard-liners still want to block any contact with the West. Former Interior Minister Ali Akbar Mohtashami, one of...
In truth, it was the Soviet Union that was in a very difficult and very unusual situation. Hungary, along with Poland, is the most enthusiastic East- bloc supporter of Mikhail Gorbachev's reforms. Moreover, Gorbachev has pledged noninterference in East European affairs. At the same time, Gorbachev does not want...
The most egregious example of the intransigent and inflexible refereeing came in the second set. With the score tied, 6-6, and Harvard serving, Springfield's back row setter hit the ball over the net as he stood inches from the net. Harvard promptly killed the weak hit but was...
Yet, despite guarantees in the country's 1982 constitution that "no organization or individual may enjoy the privilege of being above . . . the law," not even the Communist Party, due process is still applied capriciously. This is particularly vexing to foreign investors who, after being ardently wooed by the Chinese, arrive...
So far, Salinas has yet to show any such independence in his Cabinet appointments. He was putting young, foreign-educated technocrats in top economic positions, while maintaining the intransigent old guard of PRI leaders, who will resist any attempts to weaken the party's hold over the state in key...