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...Tauruses are] known to be generals, leading large masses of people, and stubborn and persistent," Epps says, although he declined to specify which Taurean traits apply...
...registration forms to be passed out to those applying for welfare or unemployment compensation. With the help of the big, disciplined Democratic majority in the House, though, the President and his aides can probably fashion compromises that Senate Republicans could block only at the cost of painting themselves as stubborn obstructionists. Given the feel for the popular mood and the adeptness at defusing or co-opting opposition that he has already displayed, the President can probably win the opportunity to put his programs into practice. Thereafter, the fate of his Administration should be decided by the stern pragmatic test...
While Peck suggests that stories which mourn death can also sustain life, what makes this novel truly heartbreaking is his understanding of the limits of stories--the stubborn persistence of real life. Peck possess the double ability to spin beautiful fictions and then expose their falsity. As John watches the emaciated Martin die. Peck offers a delicate, gruesome image: "The way his shoulders shook and the way his bones poked at his wet skin made me think of old rice-paper lanterns shaking in the wind, starting to melt in the rain...
...historical cycle of urban growth and collapse will be hard to break, but hope can be found in the stubborn self-reliance shown by people in some of the world's poorest cities. Like the cumbersome bumblebee that flies in the face of aerodynamic theory, the megacities will have to defy gravity and invent a sustainable future for themselves. Since the fate of the world is entwined with the fate of its cities, humanity has no other choice...
There may even be hope for the estimated 200,000 Americans paralyzed by old injuries. By studying how nerve cells grow during embryonic development, scientists believe that they will one day learn to overcome the spinal cord's stubborn unwillingness to repair even a 1-cm gap in its length (a gap that is nonetheless large enough to paralyze function). Several biotechnology firms have cloned specific chemicals that regulate nerve growth, though none are ready for clinical...