Word: stubborner
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...there ever a bad child in the world -- a spiteful, stubborn, domineering sapper of his parents' spirit? There is rarely one in a Hollywood movie, especially this summer, with its flock of appealing, natural child actors -- persuasive emblems of wisdom and innocence. They help sell the idea behind these films: that childhood is a state we are supposed to attain, not grow out of. It is the new, regressive Quest theme: adults aspiring to be kids...
...never the brightest of the five, and her eye condition made reading difficult. But she had a ferocious will. "A very stubborn girl," Mary notes. "It was hard to sway her." The best example was her courtship. Every week of their adolescence, the younger Weaver girls went to the Ambassador Bowling Alley, which was managed by a good-natured, black-haired man named Les Williams. "Les was the cat's meow," says Mary. "He was super." He was a year older than their father. Sue never bowled, but she would sit for hours eating French fries and chatting with...
...this team was too stubborn. It had won for too long. The coach was too determined. The offensive star was too intense...
...Texas?' " Fatta had introduced Kathy to David Koresh, and Koresh had invited her to Waco for Davidian Passover in 1991. "I said, 'No, you don't know what you're getting into, and it's another state.' " Kathy went anyway. Isabel actually manages a smile: "She was stubborn." She and Fatta talked about marriage, but then broke up; Koresh had prohibited relationships...
...Without a doubt. If the President is going to be so stubborn, he will definitely have to go. Do you really think the Russian state cannot exist without this President? There will be another President. America did not turn upside down because Bush left office. So why should anything happen if Yeltsin or Khasbulatov should...