Word: stubborn
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Taking a page of the Democrat's book. Dole decided to filibuster, hoping to use the time gained to shepherd one of the 13 stubborn Republicans back into the President's flock. The delay was accomplished with a series of motions and countermotions. The text of each motion, printed across the television screen by C-Span, soon approached self-parody...
...weren't stubborn enough to stick together and row well despite the conditions," Horvath said...
...taking the Fifth Amendment, blaming everybody but themselves: "How could it have happened? What did the American people know and when did they know it? They knew everything from the start and did nothing about it. They like him because they're like him: well-meaning, optimistic, credulous, stubborn and a little bit dumb...
Under mounting pressure from the Reagan Administration and American Jewish leaders, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reluctantly names a panel to investigate the spy case. -- Stubborn support for a sales tax puts Japan' s Nakasone on a political hot seat. -- A new book presents an intriguing idea for solving the South African dilemma: cantonal government...
...Crimson, looking forward to the Eastern League Tournament in Annapolis, Md., used a combination of spotty play, a great goal and a sensational piece of luck to pull out an 8-7 victory over the stubborn men from UMass...