Word: unyieldingness
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Despite the unyielding sordidness of most of the characters, despite the poor translation by Barea's wife, despite the lack of political or social subtlety, the book begins to show life near the end. The off repeated patterns finally assume the air of intense reality for which Barea has striven...
Stephen Crane was born in Newark in 1871. He was the frail 14th child of a gentle Methodist pastor named Jonathan and an unyielding force of nature named Mary. "You could argue just as well with a wave," her favorite son once said. Baby Stephen's first intelligible query...
Toward Hot Water. The man who would replace Sir Stafford Cripps wore the same school tie (Winchester). Hugh Gaitskell, 44, is 17 years younger than Cripps and in many respects different. He is neither vegetarian nor teetotaler. While Cripps appears unyielding, Gaitskell is modest, unassuming and courteous.
Dunster, operating from a straight T formation, gained most of its yardage through the line, while Leverett's single wing afforded Sam Paschal the protection of an unyielding forward line. Paschal completed eight of 11 passes for a total of 110 yards on the air route.
All one afternoon in Chicago, 16 Democratic party bigwigs sat around a discussion table assuring each other and a part-Negro audience of the unyielding Democratic support for the Fair Employment Practices bill. "You're either for civil rights or you're not," declaimed Minnesota's Senator...