All however agree, that no man who ever sat on the bench deserved the imputation of "obduracy" less than Baron Graham. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 189, June 11, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
Such obduracy was without precedent in modern times. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Health Care Summit: Is There Life In Health Care Reform?] Reference
But the obduracy of King Pagan, who had succeeded his father in. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
It blames government obduracy for the stalemate in negotiations. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But a glance at conditions may explain the cause of his obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt] Reference
Such obduracy helped Republicans win the cymbal-crash 1994 elections. From Wordnik.com. [Republicans As Red Sox] Reference
His obduracy, with which you are acquainted, has exceedingly increased. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
South Africa was shifting more and more against their reckless obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Where a stolid obduracy is allowed to pass for depth and range and maturity?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
There is a capacity, as Celtic also saw, for both obduracy and goal scoring. From Wordnik.com. [Encounter with Inter fuels Tottenham's Champions League adventure] Reference
He seemed to remember having seen signs of obduracy at his last interview with her. From Wordnik.com. [Resurrection] Reference
Kabila usually wears a safari suit, but his casual, genial air can change to obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The fixed obduracy of her father, the generous conduct of the Simpsons, the constancy of. From Wordnik.com. [Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father] Reference
I mean not to vindicate his obduracy, yet I wish it were possible it could be surmounted. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
Opening the Dyson Alpha barrier was one thing, but this takes your obduracy to a whole new level. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreaming Void]
Tutu said he felt deeply distressed that Botha had brought the situation on himself by his obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The Leopold Museum is not the first party engaged in Nazi-looted-art litigation to pay for its obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [Portrait of Notoriety] Reference
They threaten us that if we do not do as they say, they will ensure that we pay a price for our obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
Kony's obduracy cast a pall over peace hopes, prompting Chissano to intervene and save the fitful process. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The heretic was condemned as such for obduracy in refusing to abjure after his fault had been shown to him. From Wordnik.com. [HERESY IN THE MIDDLE AGES] Reference
One thing is for certain: The NRA's extreme obduracy will weaken the organization in the minds of mainstream voters. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Markarian: NRA Has No Dog in This Hunt] Reference
From hour to hour she assured herself with still increasing obduracy that nothing but severity could avail anything. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Anna] Reference
And yet there has been no outpouring of diplomatic pressure on China to use its influence to end Khartoum's obduracy. From Wordnik.com. [A Critical Moment for Darfur] Reference
The slaveholders 'rebellion has softened the obduracy of manufactured prejudice, and necessity has become allied with humanity. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862] Reference
It will also be a reflection of the obduracy of challenges of under-development and unjust global relations in which we are located. From Wordnik.com. [CONTENTS:] Reference
Anger and irritation can do much to harden the obduracy of any party conviction, especially whilst in the centre of fiery partisans. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV.] Reference
Only the obduracy of politicians on the other wing led to bloodbath, liberation struggle and eventual breakup with the mother country. From Wordnik.com. [taslima's plight] Reference
As the hills grew nearer together, enclosing the valley in a closer embrace, the clearings gave way to the natural obduracy of the soil. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At the height of their obduracy, the Israelis publicly declared that they would annex the Egyptian territory they captured during the war. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
First, for Thorwald's sake; for I had been thinking the doctor's obduracy was proving a poor reward for our friend's great kindness to us. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
His death is one of the blackest stains on the character of Washington; for his obduracy alone prevented the mitigation of the punishment. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The depressing occasion of his grief, was the infidelity and obduracy of his nation -- that they refused to hearken to reason and evidence. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Various Important Subjects] Reference
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