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...what they rather than consumers want, and in effect ram the products down consumers' throats by the power of advertising. If corporations cannot defy the market, they can sometimes resist it for a long time when it refuses to conform to their plans. A classic example is Detroit's stubborn insistence on building big, costly, gas-thirsty cars long after consumers had signaled a change in tastes by buying swarms of Volkswagens and Toyotas...
...technical details of broadcasting. She reports that she did not even know the meaning of the little red light that indicates when a camera is running-although why, as a good reporter, she did not ask anyone about it is not clear. The tension led to an embarrassingly stubborn case of acne, and Quinn found herself drinking heavily in the afternoon to help her sleep, until a doctor told her to stop because she was developing an ulcer...
...housekeepers throughout her career. She became interested in economics during a summer course at Indiana University. Says she: "It seemed less fuzzy than history or political science." Short (5 ft. 2 in.) and an impeccable dresser, Rivlin is regarded by colleagues as even-tempered and firm but not stubborn...
Bertolt Brecht had a stubborn faith that the task of drama was to prevent history from repeating itself. In the theater, he often seems like a classroom disciplinarian who is chalking out cautionary lessons on a blackboard...
...farmer's son, Mindszenty had always been stubborn, and Pope Pius XII may have been relying on that quality in 1945 when he made Mindszenty the highest-ranking bishop in a nation on the brink of a Communist takeover. Weeks later, Mindszenty and his bishops issued a pre-election pastoral letter urging Christians to vote against parties that used "violence and oppression." The Communists drew a dismal 17% of the vote, and when he persisted in opposition while they consolidated their power, the cardinal's fate was certain...