Word: stubbornly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestinian-leftist strongholds east of Beirut, the once fashionable resort towns of Bhamdoun and Aley. Slipping around Bhamdoun under cover of darkness, 4,000 Syrian troops attacked from the west. They waged a seesaw battle through the streets of the town, leaving heavy casualties on both sides, and the stubborn Palestinian resistance slowly crumbled. By week's end, with Syrian tanks established in the main square and parts of the town ablaze, only a few pockets of Palestinians were still holding...
...years later, when both Democrats and Republicans again nominated liberals, Buckley won 39% and a ticket to Washington. The Republicans took him back, but on his own independent terms. Whether being ahead of the pack in calling for Richard Nixon's resignation or as a stubborn opponent of federal aid sought by Northeastern Republicans, Buckley went...
...Stubborn persistence in trying to follow the film's plot may raise as many questions as it answers. The following, however, is clear: a sadistic old Nazi named Christian Szell (Olivier) is hiding out in luxury among the flora and fauna of Uruguay. Szell has kept snug on fees he collected from Jews in concentration camps. To help them escape the gas ovens, he first accepted gold-often fillings from teeth, which he obligingly pulled himself-then diamonds. The diamonds are stashed in a Manhattan safe-deposit box, watched over by Szell's brother, who, as the movie...
Carter was never a star athlete, but he shares the competitive instincts that Ford honed on the gridiron at the University of Michigan. In less positive ways, too, there are similarities. Both candidates can also be quite stubborn when they have decided on a political course of action...
...three of them were putting on a familiar Greek show of stubborn taunts mixed with something soft and weary, that always seems to end in resignation. I soon learned that the lament, "What can you do." (with a period), is an uncontestable way to squirm out of a tight spot, a nearly infallible method for stifling conversation and a tirelessly whispered non sequitur, paired with a byzantine, palms-up gesture...