-- The obduracy of Slobodan Milosevic has surprised all who had been assured the Serb chief understands only force and would back down, as he has backed down before, when confronted with resolute opposition.
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David Trimble, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the newly elected First Minister of Northern Ireland's new Assembly, said his emissary had met MacCionnaith last week and met " total obduracy ."
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It was opposed by men of the better sort ( aristocrats ) and this gave Caesar an excuse to rush to the plebeian council, claiming that he was driven to it by the obduracy of the senate.
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But what would be wrong is for smoking's enemies to try to set the price of a settlement so high that in effect they force the tobacco companies out of business, or back into their previous obduracy.
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This perceived obduracy led to the eventual demise of the Republic when the short-lived experiment with the ( again authoritarian ) regime of " Grand Pensionary " Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck produced insufficient docility in the eyes of Napoleon.
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The obduracy of Henry's keepers sent Anne into such a fury that she suffered another miscarriage : according to David Calderwood, she " went to bed in anger and parted with child the tenth of May ."
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In fact, it reflects two things _ the obduracy of Clinton's opponents ( not least, Kenneth Starr and Jones ); and the fact that the Arkansas bar takes itself much more seriously than outsiders might expect.
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"Most of yesterday evening, republicans appeared to be in denial about the nature of the situation and careless of the damage they would do to the political process if they continued in their obduracy, " he said.
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Botha, who once called the commission " a circus, " was lambasted in the final report for his " obduracy " in not testifying and forcing a trial by retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the panel chairman.
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"No amount of British obduracy will deflect us from the task we have set ourselves, " the IRA said in reference to its determination to end British rule of Northern Ireland, which has a pro-British Protestant majority.
