Watty Watson, the party's spokesman on local government, said in a statement Shiceka's adamance "makes a farce of transparency".    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Her adamance came not from any contempt for nurses -- her mother had sent three kids to college and helped countless people in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as an RN.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jennifer Baumgardner: A Woman in the White House] Reference

Doug told him that it was all right if he watched TV downstairs or made himself food in the kitchen, but Billy declared with an adamance that surprised them both that he would not go downstairs until they returned.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baby Games] Reference

With adamance, they won the argument the argument between Democrats who feared that discussing the reality of machine fraud would discourage Democratic vote and those who knew that only the truth would energize the required landslide that was needed to overwhelm "The Math.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mimi Kennedy: Change, Victory and Discourse] Reference

With his corny jokes and his mis-pronouncing of my favorite things so that I'd have to correct him EVERY time he said them, his paranoia to be even earlier than me (which we didn't think was possible), his naivety in some situations, his adamance in others ... he was, afterall, my dad and therefore also my hero.    From Wordnik.com.  [family annoyances and theatre camp] Reference

There is science on both sides, so don't express to me that the science is there with such adamance.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

Ha-Redeye notes Iacobucci's adamance that one "can never get adequate compensation for the loss of formative years in that kind of setting.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Court] Reference

Instead, President Obama shows homopathic adamance in calling Taliban guerillas Al Quaida and says that he soes not care about American casualties.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Kenya bread price skyrockets] Reference

The first is adamance, as in (from a report by a social worker in Southwark): "He has expressed his adamance that he will become a responsible member of the community.".    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VI No 1] Reference

There's a certain Audacity in Hope, the instinctive unwavering adamance in the rectitude of one's discourse in life, through trial and error; conquering one's own prejudice and bigotry before rising above others 'antipathy and discouragement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Qwaider Planet] Reference

'The central leadership of both the parties agreed to fight together in Chhattisgarh but certain leaders' adamance has created a situation that we are contesting against each other on four seats, Kanker, Korba, Bhatgaon and Lundra, 'Bakshi said.    From Wordnik.com.  [India eNews] Reference

And if you think the salespeople at Macy's are tough, some historians think badgers were so persistent in pushing their products that the term came to be associated with an often annoying and forceful adamance-i. e., "badgering" anyone in sight to buy from you instead of another vendor.    From Wordnik.com.  [mental_floss Blog] Reference

How else to explain his public adamance that.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tony Snow; Liberal Secret Weapon] Reference

His adamance is.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paula Gordon: Make a Joyful Noise] Reference