Sentences with phrase «from obdurate»

Though widely regarded as a decent manager at Championship level, Warnock had never before been appointed to a top - flight position, and Palace's poor form this season marked a regression from the obdurate yet effective game instilled by his predecessor towards the end of last season.

As the first pope after the end of Vatican II, Paul VI had a delicate task» that of faithfully implementing the Council in the face of resistance from obdurate conservatives and radical progressives.

Not exact matches

The 28 - year - old drilled home from 25 yards — a Premier League - high 17th strike from outside the penalty box since January 2012, when Sigurdsson made his debut in the competition for Swansea City — to crack the resistance of an obdurate Palace side.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is standing by his renewed advocacy for a law that would allow undocumented immigrants to tap into financial assistance for college despite obdurate opposition from state Senate Republicans.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is standing by his renewed advocacy for the DREAM Act, a law that would allow undocumented immigrants to tap into financial assistance for college, despite obdurate opposition from state Senate Republicans.

Overall this book turned from an exciting window into the world of genetic engineering to one of bombastic predictions and obdurate hand - waving in the face of genuine concerns.

This seeker has two young sons: Gully, dying from a fatal (and pointedly unnamed) condition, is a sweet kid who adores his big brother; and budding falconer Ivan, resenting being dragged along on his mother's obdurate odyssey to find a faith healer.

Those of the Right see public education as an ineffectual monopoly, and think that educational achievement will blossom when school choice liberates children from politically correct curricula and obdurate teachers» unions.

Even dedicated fans of his work have inevitably faltered at one or another of his forking paths over the past twenty years, while Bradley, on the other hand, shifts gears without pause: from starkly minimalist to gestural abstract paintings with stops in between, from discomfiting assemblage sculptures to boldly graphic silkscreens, and from jagged, sometimes comic drawings to obdurate geometric sculptures.

I would add to his comments on culture the following observation by Jane Jacobs, «A culture is a vast and obdurate entity, difficult to divert from a mistaken course upon which it has set.»