Word: stubborn
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...fellow to blame for this predicament is incumbent Buddy Roemer, a reform-minded technocrat who fancied himself a crusader for good government but ultimately fell on his own sword. Though a man of ample charm, Roemer managed to alienate voters with a haughty Harvard-bred hubris and a stubborn sense that only he knew what was best for the state. His sweeping reform policies, like restructuring the tax system and overhauling education, may have been Louisiana's castor oil, but voters refused to swallow it. That leaves them with a choice between Duke, who is currently a state representative...
...second prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and deserved even better, can be taken as a commentary on the creation of anybody's art: hard work that is its own reward. Its mind is Rivette's, but its soul is in Beart -- gorgeous, quietly fiery, supple yet stubborn, yielding only surface secrets to the voyeur-artist in every gentleman. They may be all he wants...
...anal person is orderly, stingy and stubborn. He or she is the model of cleanliness and orderliness, almost to the extent of exaggeration of their goals," the professor says...
...basic problem with the resulting book is that, for all the drama in its central character's situation, there is not much in the woman herself. She comes across as drab, passive and emotionally blocked. Her best quality, stubborn persistence, does not lend itself to glamour or theatrics. Besides, she was not present -- victims rarely are -- for the key moments in solving the case and preparing for trial. Thus, in bringing the story back to her, McGinniss keeps having to disrupt its momentum...
BUSINESS: The Stubborn Slump...