Word: stubborner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...without success. After consultations, an old-style double-edged Blue Blade razor was brought in for the heavy work. The Blue Blade managed, in Nagle's words "to get through the thick of it" but a more advanced TRAC II was still required to polish off a few particularly stubborn tufts. Three razors and a jar of shaving cream later, the employee went forth--another beardless male, and another satisfied Gillette customer...
...rents. These shared threats induce the mood of solidarity fondly guyed by Noel Coward decades ago: "Though if the Van Dycks have to go/ And we pawn the Bechstein Grand,/ We'll stand/ By the Stately Homes of England." As one should, for there is no parallel to the stubborn integrity of their collections among the stripped and much-looted palaces across the Channel...
...coxswains get very stubborn about yielding, and course marshalls are starting to disqualify crews for that...
...Clear the bridge before you're thrown off--and I'm not going in after you," Gilford ordered, but dozens lingered. "Tell them to go home and make love," Gilford told a reporter before getting out of his car to chase away the stubborn...
Although we oppose the censorship supported in the ordinance, the referendum should be put before voters for consideration. The referendum process can provide valuable recourse against a stubborn legislative body and constitutes an important check against elected officials' sometimes patronizing behavior. An anti-pornography campaign would also focus national attention on freedom of speech issues and the exploitation of human beings...