Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. From LearnThat.org. [Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), U.S. president.]
An inflexible iron bar. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A man of inflexible purpose. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Sagasta, who, to temporize with America, recalled the inflexible. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
This brings me to the issue of organised labour in South Africa, which has been described as inflexible and a barrier to investment in some quarters. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA TO THE SOUTHERN AFRICA TRADE & INVESTMENT SUMMIT] Reference
And what is it that is "inflexible" about a rocket?. From Wordnik.com. [X-51 Waverider Set to Fly This Fall - NASA Watch] Reference
When someone doesn't want to work an 80 hour week I would hardly say he's being "inflexible". From Wordnik.com. [The Always Oncoming Waves] Reference
The reason Article V doesn't get used isn't that it's "inflexible"; It's that it actually requires Congress to secure the permission of the states to make changes. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
But, he said, he was not "inflexible" and has had discussions with MDP MPs. From Wordnik.com. [Minivan News : Top Stories] Reference
In a speech at Oxford Brookes university, Mr Willetts called the funding system "inflexible" and unsuitable for the current economic climate. From Wordnik.com. [icScotland] Reference
He was replying to a question whether he though that a perception among some Congress leaders that he was an "inflexible" persons was an unfair description. From Wordnik.com. [Top Headlines] Reference
Jenghiz Khan and Tamerlane with their "inflexible" Mongol hordes, Baber in India, even Kubilai Khan and Nurhachu in far-off Cathay: the type is ever the same. From Wordnik.com. [The New World of Islam] Reference
Tim Field, head of migration, equalities and citizenship at the Institute for Public Policy Research, said the points system might prove an "inflexible" tool. From Wordnik.com. [Immigration Watch International] Reference
Board member Sherrie Stouffer said that while the push to improve achievement is fine, that kind of inflexible approach does not serve schools or students well. From Wordnik.com. [Marshall Democrat-News Headlines] Reference
But Lieu said the issue shows how "inflexible" the new law is and that there are currently no provisions in the law "that gives the department the right to call someone back.". From Wordnik.com. [SacBee -- Latest News] Reference
MALCOLM Turnbull is open to reintroducing individual workplace contracts, insisting that Kevin Rudd's "inflexible" industrial relations laws have reduced national productivity. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Japan Leads Rally; Steel Stocks Up] Reference
It has been suggested that Lord Milner might have obtained a better result if he had shown himself less "inflexible"; if, in short, he had been willing to accept a "compromise.". From Wordnik.com. [Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902] Reference
"inflexible" three-year pay deals for public servants. From Wordnik.com. Reference
"inflexible" labour markets, has created no new net jobs. From Wordnik.com. [Contents] Reference
"inflexible" and unsuitable for the current economic climate. From Wordnik.com. [Mirror.co.uk - News] Reference
"In South Africa I would guess that the following perceptions are the ones that give us the 'inflexible' label. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
"inflexible," and therefore he said that "there seems to be no alternative" but to suspend Honduras membership to the organization. From Wordnik.com. [Honduras Membership Suspended within the Organization of American States] Reference
Other states are moving away from inflexible sentencing. From Wordnik.com. [The Buzz On Drugs] Reference
Second, its one-party political system proved inflexible. From Wordnik.com. [The Summer Of Our Discontent] Reference
The state bureaucracies were too slow, inflexible, corrupt. From Wordnik.com. [The Role Of A Lifetime] Reference
Ideology was important to President Reagan, but he was not inflexible. From Wordnik.com. ['STRONG, STRONG BELIEFS'] Reference
"Important principles may, and must be, inflexible," said Abraham Lincoln. From Wordnik.com. [Once Upon a Principle] Reference
Faith becomes negative when it binds the mind into set, inflexible beliefs. From Wordnik.com. [Deepak Chopra: Finding Sacred Ground in Marriage] Reference
America already had strict immigration legislation and tough, inflexible quotas. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War by Ben Shephard] Reference
There is this other regimented, inflexible, unreasonable side … Another example. From Wordnik.com. [Where a Future President Learned About the World] Reference
Their procedures are what they are: remorseless, inflexible, and highly efficient. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Philip Neches: The Paradox of Medicare Overhead] Reference
It's automatic, a cardinal rule of the wedding game, accepted by all and inflexible. From Wordnik.com. [No Kick From Champagne] Reference
The industrial-age analog was the assembly line: centralized, standardized, inflexible. From Wordnik.com. [Conundrum In The Classroom] Reference
Subways, according to the latest wisdom, were a mistake: too expensive and too inflexible. From Wordnik.com. [Europe Vs. The Car] Reference
With water, the country is confronting the edge of one very inflexible environmental envelope. From Wordnik.com. [Where China's Rivers Run Dry] Reference
With such a distinguished pedigree, one would expect words to be rigid and inflexible but I find the opposite to be true. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Klima: Setting Sail With the Language Pirate] Reference
I can say unequivocally that Giuliani was the most divisive, racist, mean-spirited, inflexible mayor in the past 50 years. From Wordnik.com. [Letters to the Magazine] Reference
But an inflexible stance by Pretoria in the forthcoming talks could pose a threat to a peaceful transition in South Africa. From Wordnik.com. [Toppling The Last Pillars] Reference
Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Sasan Shoamanesh: Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Why ICC Ratification Could Help Ease Tensions and Avert War] Reference
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