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...degree, past Grand Master of California), he often reads the Bible before going to bed at night or the first thing in the morning. His staff knows him as a firm and exacting boss, but a fair and considerate one. He is neat, orderly, practical, unimaginative, calm, judicious and stubborn. Said an old friend and associate: "He'll be careful as hell before he makes up his mind, but once he's decided... nothing in the world will change him." Although he has never expounded a philosophy of the law, his political philosophy is clear: middle...
Stalin was seen as the force behind the existence of the police and the party, and he was held directly responsible for their activities. Most common description of Stalin by the refugees included the words, "cruel," "stubborn," "bloody," "merciless." The refugees felt that his motto was "Go forward without changes, even if people are hungry, even if millions...
...vague and touching belief that the cold war might be ended if the U.S. and Russia could just be got to shake hands, like good sports, and talk things over. Malenkov, many articulate Britons argue, may not be such a bad chap at all; if only the stubborn Americans would listen to reason (preferably the voice of the BBC), a bright new age might dawn...
Basically, the idea is that psychiatric illnesses usually have their roots in childhood; if the psychiatrists can catch 'em young, the nation may be spared many a more stubborn adult case...
When the week began, Mohammed Mossadegh seemed safely on top. The Shah was in flight; the fanatic mullahs' and the stubborn Majlis' opposition was hidden or cowed; the army was a sullen eunuch; the world resigned. Who was there...