They were very hidebound in their political convictions. From LearnThat.org.
Adjective : a hidebound pedant. ,a hidebound philosopher. From Dictionary.com.
The real point is that words themselves "live" and change and cannot remain hidebound to previously understood meanings alone. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
The real point is that words themselves 'live' and change and cannot remain hidebound to previously understood meanings alone. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
What Democratic lawmakers describe as a hidebound decision by Gov. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessReport.com stories: RSS Headlines] Reference
The entire space service is hidebound with routine. '. From Wordnik.com. [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]
In America's most hidebound sport, that passes for innovation. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: How Do You Spell Relief?] Reference
And how I do love him, in spite of his hidebound conservatism. From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
"To play politics!" explodes the hidebound Party Politician knowingly. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Furrows] Reference
It is not just a matter of old generals who are, you know, just too hidebound. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 5, 2009] Reference
Especially in such kind of a hidebound and well-defined institution as first lady. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2009] Reference
The president has already put some distance between himself and the hidebound unions. From Wordnik.com. [The Whatever Campaign] Reference
India can't seem to shake off one of the cruelest traditions of its hidebound caste system. From Wordnik.com. [Becoming A 'Servant Of God'] Reference
"Who ever did his duty in public life and became the victim of hidebound newspapers!" retorted Wade. From Wordnik.com. [Every Man for Himself] Reference
We talk of Corporate America as if it were an unchanging collection of hidebound bureaucratic titans. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Corporate America] Reference
They ranged in quality and temperament from enthusiastic bibliophiles to hidebound book-straighteners. From Wordnik.com. [The Brothers' War]
At least part of the answer lies in an increasingly hidebound and paralyzed intergovernmental process. From Wordnik.com. [Partnership In Intergovernmental Service Delivery] Reference
Prime Minister Ryzhkov still presides over an army of bungling bureaucrats and hidebound conservatives. From Wordnik.com. [Why He's Failing] Reference
It's the young, college-educated generation, not some hidebound cadre of elders, that runs the campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Eyes On Turkey] Reference
At the same time, too many Chinese apparatchiks remain hidebound and defensive about foreign "meddling.". From Wordnik.com. [Beijing Starts to Feel The 'Olympic Effect'] Reference
But if Ford was an innovator in production technique, he was positively hidebound when it came to design. From Wordnik.com. [Oct. 1, 1908: A Basic Car for the Great Unwashed] Reference
By contrast, the hidebound National Education Association is still bitterly opposed to any accountability. From Wordnik.com. [Obama’s Class Project] Reference
Such a track record might hush the many hidebound populist and nationalist ideologues still roaming Latin America. From Wordnik.com. [CONFLICTING SIGNALS] Reference
The West "wasn't as conservative and hidebound as the East," says historian Susan Ware, author of "Beyond Suffrage.". From Wordnik.com. [From Seneca Falls to … Sarah Palin?] Reference
If Becker and others are right, and Landesbank undoes this hidebound status quo, the benefits could indeed be enormous. From Wordnik.com. [Time To Bust Up The Club] Reference
It's a PR coup for the Library as well, showing the world that a hidebound government bureaucracy can adapt to the digital era. From Wordnik.com. [Uncle Sam Wants Your Tweets] Reference
Mr. HOWARD HUSICK (Manhattan Institute): Those can start to become the new normal for hidebound bureaucratized federal programs. From Wordnik.com. [Mixed Picture One Year After Serve America Act] Reference
In a country with a weak legal system, venal political class and hidebound bureaucracy, some of this corner-cutting is expected. From Wordnik.com. [Modi's Operandi] Reference
China's awakening -- first economic and now cultural -- has yet to transform its hidebound political system in any fundamental way. From Wordnik.com. [China's Glasnost] Reference
That turned out to be an advantage, because Team Auto, as the group called itself, wasn't constrained by Detroit's hidebound thinking. From Wordnik.com. [Major Moves in Motor City] Reference
We're supposedly savvy about every day figuring out what readers want, and yet it seems to be one of the most hidebound industries around. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2006] Reference
And we need some of that in the White House, too, because it's awful easy to get hidebound there and to stay with the conventional wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Renarks By President At New York Senate 2000 Hollywood Gala] Reference
The Spanish former secretary-general of NATO has transcended EU bureaucracy and brought new life and direction to its often hidebound ways. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Mr. Fix-It] Reference
The source of this failure can be found among India's hidebound military institutions and their defensiveness toward critiques of any kind. From Wordnik.com. [Neetu Mahil: Build a School; Then Build It Again] Reference
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