Word: stubborn
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...dwellers in cities must live with the stubborn fact of annihilation; in New York the fact is somewhat more concentrated because of the concentration of the city itself, and because, of all targets, New York has a certain clear priority. In the mind of whatever perverted dreamer might loose the lightning, New York must hold a steady, irresistible charm...
...that the AEC concentrate almost entirely on making bombs and improving them. Other questions which Lilienthal worked over while in office were international atomic controls (Russia and the U.S. promptly put forth apparently incompatible plans), and the role of private industry in the atomic program (there are strong and stubborn lobbies still working to get a large part of AEC production and development under their own control...
...Rebellion!" cried Chanis. "I will retain the presidency until I am killed." Vallarino sat tight. In some confusion the President asked Remón to reason with his stubborn lieutenant. Chichi Remón indignantly refused to negotiate while under arrest, so he was set free. Vallarino rushed a patrol car for his boss, then Remón took command and moved fast. Police squads were deployed around Panama City, the newspapers were temporarily shut down, the telephone exchange was taken over and ordered to complete calls only to or from police headquarters. Then Chichi Remón sent...
...present still regarded his longtime espousal of unification as a kind of treachery. His predecessor, Admiral Louis Denfeld, who stood stolidly at Sherman's side, thrust out his hand, pumped once, said gruffly: "Good luck." After that, 38 impassive admirals-core of the Navy brass and of the stubborn fight for independence-filed past and went through the same, painful formality...
European leaders, stubborn and shortsighted though many of them may be, believe that the U.S. does not know what it is really asking when it presses for integration. They argue correctly that integration-even in easy stages-would cause a serious crisis in Western Europe before it could start doing any good...