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...limit, they suddenly lose all their electrical resistance and become superconductors. This enables them to carry currents without the loss of any energy and in some cases to generate immensely powerful magnetic fields. Scientists have recognized for years that the implications of this phenomenon could be enormous, but one stubborn obstacle has stood in their way: reaching and maintaining the temperatures necessary for superconductivity in these metals is difficult and in most instances prohibitively expensive...
Taking a page of the Democrat's book. Dole decided to filibuster, hoping to use the time gained to shepherd one of the 13 stubborn Republicans back into the President's flock. The delay was accomplished with a series of motions and countermotions. The text of each motion, printed across the television screen by C-Span, soon approached self-parody...
...weren't stubborn enough to stick together and row well despite the conditions," Horvath said...
...taking the Fifth Amendment, blaming everybody but themselves: "How could it have happened? What did the American people know and when did they know it? They knew everything from the start and did nothing about it. They like him because they're like him: well-meaning, optimistic, credulous, stubborn and a little bit dumb...
Under mounting pressure from the Reagan Administration and American Jewish leaders, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir reluctantly names a panel to investigate the spy case. -- Stubborn support for a sales tax puts Japan' s Nakasone on a political hot seat. -- A new book presents an intriguing idea for solving the South African dilemma: cantonal government...