| 单词 | stubborn |
| 例句 | And I guess we're both that stubborn, because the bed stays empty all night. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Why did virgin martyrs have to be so stubborn? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Though I was usually stubborn, for once I took her advice without argument. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the Convoy, cigarette smoke mingled with fumes of grease from the back-room grill to create a filmy substance that hung near the ceiling like a patch of stubborn fog. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The stubborn stick wouldn’t come away, though, and slipped through my sweaty palms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was his own fault anyway, for being so stubborn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z There was such a thing as being too much alike and equally stubborn. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I guess. What I mean is that I’m as stubborn as a Missouri mule.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, they were both pretty stubborn, so giving in wasn’t in them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “But it is all I can offer, if you insist on being stubborn.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The key was stubborn, and he wiggled it back and forth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Use your head. Let her do most of it. Meanwhile I’ll set my stubborn up.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z So we began the school year waiting for the law of the land to blast Mr. Faubus out of his stubborn trench. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for Ford’s sake,” said Lenina, breaking her stubborn silence, “shut up!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Although “very loveable and affectionate,” John was stubborn and had a temper. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The grainy rocks, the swaying pines, the cascade of stubborn blue mussels, the water splashing up green and streaming back white—they were all the same, as if the frock coats had never been there. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Lyra stood, stubborn and puzzled, waiting for her to recover. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Laney pursed her lips in a stubborn line as she continued her drawing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “That Elias Hasket Derby! Of all the stubborn fools that ever...I wouldn’t command the Henry if he gave her to me!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I should not like to live with Ambrose Burnside’s thoughts—though one wonders if his conscience is not protected by a thick covering of stubborn self-righteousness. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Brown was so stubborn about his decision that even after the fire he was able to write arrogantly in a letter that “I am still standing the watch that burned Chicago.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z He was no less stubborn now, no less determined to have his own way—but what had happened to that happiness? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then that I began to learn what a stubborn old man he could be. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To coax rice out of the stubborn land, the fields had to be flooded with water. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z He was a patient man, stubborn and slow, not brilliant, but a dependable soldier. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But old attitudes and distorted stubborn impressions of my father outlived Arnold Perl and James Baldwin. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Mamani I knew was incredibly independent and stubborn to a fault. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to control him. He’s just so stubborn.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Somewhere, out there, some machinery, embodied by the stubborn Trooper Rindlisbacher, was following a trail. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But if you want to be as stubborn as Z, go right ahead.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I felt stubborn about it all of a sudden, even though I’d been dreading it all day. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She smiled then and said, you have as much stubborn in you as a full-grown man. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z She knew she looked stubborn and ungrateful, and she felt so. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you so determined to be stubborn?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z So if you want to be stubborn and hang this jury, go ahead. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He put on an act of stubborn resistance, but always yielded in the end. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought I might be able to convince them to change seats just this one time, but they were totally stubborn. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z You’re impatient, stubborn and willing to sacrifice even your lives for what you believe. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It roused the rest of me from its stubborn sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The wind itself seemed to be angry at the big tree’s stubborn resistance. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she said quietly, “my husband has a very hard head. He’s stubborn and thick-skulled.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He lay on his stomach facing the fire, with the light drifting over his stubborn face. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone discovered a hole, the size of a plate, in the corner where the stubborn woman sat with her daughters. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “My mum wanted Albert to tell you sooner, she really did, but you know Albert. He’s so stubborn.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I think she liked Fern’s stubborn little face. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But I had learned that she could be very stubborn. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Shanti the Peacemaker, always having to manage the tension between two stubborn old women. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now there were always at least two men on watch as the stubborn ice began eroding. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The Old Bear was too stubborn to retreat, but neither would he rush headlong up the Milkwater, seeking battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He worked at a stubborn spot on the counter but I caught him catching a glimpse of me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The pumice rock minefield was dotted with stubborn weeds armed with sharp thistles, which poked up through the cheap layer of thin black plastic under the brick- colored lava bits. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z To all the stubborn parties obstinately concerned with this matter, it was The Principle of the Thing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She complains to Theo that Vincent is stubborn, irritating, “more of a wooden lion than ever and is very annoyed at the preparations.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was like fitting the right key into a stubborn lock. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z So, here’s the thing about me: I’m stubborn. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Officer Delinko smiled — it was one of those stubborn little burrowing owls that Curly had complained about. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Well-organized handwriting blocks note lady courtiers' names, their beauty services and secrets, and tips to tackling unforeseen treatment challenges, like stubborn moles and missing bones. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There would be clots of men out in the fields, out far from the road, moving back the other way, men with gray stubborn faces who would not listen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “She said he’d be here, so he will,” the buffalo boy said, his mouth making a stubborn line. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Maya had thought of a thousand different things to say to her: apologies and confessions, tears and mea culpas, detailed explanations of how stupid Maya could be, how stubborn she was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I wanted to be stubborn, to stay mad, but my stomach growled at the smell of tomato and melted cheese, and I dragged myself into a sitting position and reached for a slice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They stayed, stubborn relics of a misplaced childhood, reminding anyone who witnessed his pointless, endless, feckless belligerence, that this man was once a boy. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Let Jay tell it, I’m stubborn like my daddy, smart-mouthed like my daddy, and hotheaded like my daddy. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Domishmen are notoriously stubborn, Your Grace. Prince Quentyn’s forebears fought your own for die better part of two hundred years. He will not go without you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It was past midnight in the seaside fishing village of Amagansett, on the East End of Long Island, New York, and a stubborn fog cloaked the town's ribbon of beach. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z If only she had not been so proud and stubborn! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Lead-gray water sucked quietly, stubborn and deliberate, at icy gray boulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was being so stubborn, but Anya wasn’t about to let him risk his life. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I was more stubborn and feisty, like my mom. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It had a pitch, a note they heard only when they visited stubborn old folks who would not budge from their front yards and overworked fields to come to the City. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Many tourists come to this part of Switzerland, but most of the tourists are stubborn and only want to speak their own language, very loudly. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “If it wasn’t for your stubborn insistence that we go back to Afghanistan five years ago, we wouldn’t be in this mess right now! ” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I could see my father set his chin in his stubborn, not-giving-in way. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt a little stubborn about explaining, however. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was set in a stubborn line. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I think we just need to make sure they don't forget, but don't expect miracles either.... both stubborn people, Jesse and I had each called the university a half dozen time's, but gotten no response. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman on the road was dragging a stubborn goat and finally left it behind and hurried ahead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When she finally spoke, she did so slowly, like someone addressing a stubborn child. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z And there was Toby, leaning against the wall and holding his eye, wearing a stubborn smile Luke’d seen on his face a hundred times. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I told her I wasn’t sure if you wanted to cook or that you were even ready yet. But you know your abuela—stubborn and insistent.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But the few hundred who stayed were the hard core of the Tang people—the stubbornest, orner- iest individuals, who were getting tired of being pushed around. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometime in the last ten minutes, my head had disconnected itself from the stubborn muscle beating in my chest and, honestly, I wasn’t sure which was guiding me outside and away from him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I went around the other side of him, where he was looking, and he turned his head the other way, like a stubborn little kid. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Am I really as bad-mannered, headstrong, stubborn, pushy, stupid, lazy, etc., etc., as the van Daans say I am? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Is a stubborn one,” my gramps’s friend said as we were loading up the truck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The screws were stubborn, most of them factory- tight, resisting the twists of the screwdriver. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cracks were beginning to appear on the surface, but she’d always been a stubborn constant in my life, and I refused to count her out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The registrar looks from me to Sunny, studying my sister's stubborn body language for a long minute. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I guess I was being pretty stubborn about wanting to go home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just too stubborn, or too proud, to admit it I nodded and began feeling around the sand for a stick. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But right now Bloom was furious because his territorial imperative had been violated by this stubborn gluttonous beast, and if he’d had a gun he most certainly would have started shooting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But my mother-in-law is a stubborn woman and she did not let it pass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She perceived that her will had blazed up, stubborn and resistant She could not at that moment have done other than denied and resisted. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z As I crossed the street, I had to curl my toes and walk on the edges of my feet, courtesy of a couple stubborn slivers of glass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Never cared much for appearance, gave an impression of ominous bad-tempered strength and a kind of slow, even, stubborn, unquenchable anger: a soft voice, a ragged mouth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The King hopes for a peace by the Sacrament of Christmas, but the Scots are a stubborn race. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z It had started over dinner, and by the time he’d gone to bed his parents had lapsed into a stony, stubborn silence. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She had married a bullheaded man, a sometimes ridiculously stubborn man. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z For once I’m glad she can be so stubborn and bossy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But the crowd’s patience with stubborn birds was short. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The paper was stretched tight between us, like two stubborn dogs who refused to let go of a dirty sock. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z And Daisy would sit without listening, gentle and stubborn. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z But they did hold on, and as the war trailed drearily on, vindictiveness toward the stubborn stand of the seceding states grew steadily more bitter in the North. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa-Nnukwu scratched at the stubborn white tufts that clung to his bald head. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Right on Victor's chest, however, with his knees pressing into his sides as if the felled detective were a stubborn horse, sat Scipio, smiling mockingly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z In his stubborn ignorance, he had not even known he was being mocked; the carts were for eunuchs, cripples, women giving birth, the very young and the very old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “So few. I had hoped for more. They were such stubborn foes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But some stubborn ones won’t agree, and thereafter the statue and the sketch will appear in books with a big question mark. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But I always underestimate how stubborn Mom is, too. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z "He has ridden out with his knights thrice already, to chase down raiders or storm a stubborn holdfast." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z To Frederick, he seemed like a stupid and stubborn messenger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had a good mind, not so stubborn against learning as hers seemed to be. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “Now you’ve seen it,” she said, shooing me out, pleased, uncomfortable, smiling, stubborn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The stubborn one, the rejected one, the one who was not heard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Facing him was the sad but stubborn heroine with the count beside her, and their horses, tethered to a nearby oak, were neighing and pawing the ground, impatient to be off. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I can be very stubborn when I want to be. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I didn’t press him about it, because he could be stubborn and not want to talk at all. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She looks like she has been ready for a while, but maybe the child is being stubborn. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z His sincerity had rubbed me raw, had peeled back the stubborn layers of anger I’d lived in for so long. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z He tapped his thumbs together over his interlaced fingers, unable to think of anything else to ask this stubborn child. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Finn looked like he wanted to act stubborn, but he’d gotten stuck on forlorn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was as steady as ever, but in his walk, his voice, his bearing, vigor had been replaced by patience, and certainty by stubborn resolve. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z They had no documents that proved they were human beings, and they were silent, stubborn, and inscrutable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The nurse girl was even prettier when she was stubborn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z However, I was stubborn in ways the teachers could not see. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a stubborn child; I knew it was useless to try to persuade him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But the stubborn FBI agent did not discourage so easily. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I want to remind her that Daniela's bones will always drift back to their original shape, and that some are more stubborn than others. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Me, I had my own stubborn streak, still going strong no matter how many times Aunt Ivy had tried to switch it out of me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Song Po-po said that he had always been stubborn, and since his son-in-law had been executed as a counterrevolutionary, he had become even more obstinate and solitary. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not going anywhere,” she replied in a stubborn whisper. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She spat onto the tip of her finger and started to rub intently at a particularly stubborn stain on Mary’s chin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Will saw blazing blue eyes in a haggard face with several days’ growth of beard on the stubborn jaw, gray-haired, drawn with pain, a thin body hunched in a heavy cloak trimmed with feathers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I maintain that nurture, rather than nature, is the primary molder of personality, but my father possessed a proud rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness, that I recognize in myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Actually, the meeting had been called to discuss Renault and what could be done about the stubborn freshman who refused to fall into line. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I eased out of bed like an old man, my body cramped and stubborn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “My husband, he is a stubborn man. He let no one cut his grazz. When he die under his tractor, he die a happy man.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Dimple shook her head, the set of her jaw stubborn. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I had grown up watching stubborn, prideful Pashtun men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You know these Afrikaners, pressure only makes them more stubborn, more fearful of change. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was an ancient little Evinrude that could be stubborn before it warmed up. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Blind to betrayals and heartbreak, and always stubborn, no matter how gently she tried to explain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z This was a wood of stubborn sentinel trees armored in grey-green needles, of mighty oaks, of ironwoods as old as the realm itself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Women, on the other hand, had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "Man, Afghans are just as stubborn as Dominicans." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “This isn’t going to blow over in one night. She’s being stubborn. I didn’t do anything wrong!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z It might even explain his stubborn refusal to stay safe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving breast! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z My grandfather is definitely more stubborn than she is. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Dad was too stubborn to shut it down, even though it cost him more to have his foreman salvaging than it would have cost him to cut the iron with torches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hodge had been an army surgeon during the Revolutionary War, and while stubborn and crusty in his ways, he was a respected physician. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Hermes warned him that if he persisted in his stubborn silence, he should suffer still more terrible things. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was stubborn, even then when he was a baby. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The shy girl she had known at Riverrun had grown into a woman who was by turns proud, fearful, cruel, dreamy, reckless, timid, stubborn, vain, and, above all, inconstant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Turner felt the cold air deep down when he breathed it in, and the snow that fell on his lashes and into his hair stayed there, gleefully stubborn. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z These Meereenese were a sly and stubborn people who resisted her at every turn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I was too stubborn to let my mom pick them out for me. I got over it, though. Now she ties them together.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Stick was always like that—stubborn and patient. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z The redbeard moved a little closer to the mirror and tugged at a particularly stubborn hair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He wanted me to hurt him—he was that stubborn. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Katherine helped me do something with my stubborn curls, using a pair of hot tongs to subdue the mess into the required Attendant’s bun. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “He’s not the only stubborn one,” I mumble. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “You see? Stubborn even in his belief that he’s not stubborn.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z But Burnside was a stubborn man, determined perhaps to show action and confidence where McClellan had shown hesitancy and uncertainty. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z But the rotten plank is stubborn, and I have to leave off the pry bar and dig out the screws that hold it to the ribs. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Your grandmother was many things. Strong. Dynamic. And stubborn too.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Even if he was stubborn and stupid, she had to get him out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z At least a hundred years seemed to have passed before Shirley could bend and unbend her stubborn fingers well enough to hit each of the eight notes of the scale without disturbing its neighbor. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Working with Martín was like trying to corral a stubborn water buffalo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I stuck my little foot down and dug in and got stubborn and set all this up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He is at least as stubborn as I am, so I know it will be hard for him to change. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “I think, but with that thinking I still try to justify what I’m going to do. I’m a little stubborn with my thinking.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Mark gripped the handle of the axe tightly and leaned in, taking little chops instead of full swings at the small but stubborn brackets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “An excellent remedy for the more stubborn forms of acne, bubotuber pus. Should stop students resorting to desperate measures to rid themselves of pimples.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At first, Watson feared that her “sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made...trap” would resist the model. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z They clinked the jars together and, each watching the other, poured the water into their stubborn mouths. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z He was still stubborn as ever, if a bit worn. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Scythe Curie was even more stubborn than Citra, and when her mind was made up, there was no changing it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I was stubborn, but I had never been as solemn as him, and I admired the strength that his solemnity seemed to represent. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z You think that lam stubborn, but you are even more stubborn than me. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom was the problem child, a tomboy, stubborn, defiant. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With infinite difficulty, for he was stubborn as a stone, I persuaded him to make an exchange in favour of a sober black satin and pearl-grey silk. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He had never known her to be so stubborn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He spent the remaining thirteen years of his life curing diseases and battling opponents with his customary stubborn ferocity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z “I want to move on,” I say, stubborn. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “You just moaned. You asked for Dante. He wouldn’t leave. He’s a very stubborn young man.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “My nephew’s wife is stubborn as well as intemperate.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler, stubborn, intelligent and fiercely independent, suffered two friendless years in bleak Maulbronn, becoming isolated and withdrawn, his thoughts devoted to his imagined unworthiness in the eyes of God. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father is the most stubborn man alive. He usually gets what he wants.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z His lord \\^s stubborn and proud; when he had set his mind, there was no changing it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Conversely, it also befell the stubborn, conservative Greenland Norse farmers, replaced by Eskimo hunter-gatherers whose subsistence methods and technology were far superior to those of the Norse under Greenland conditions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And the more we demand, the stubborner he gets and the more he refuses to do what we say. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The argument went on and on, and they became locked in a confused rhetorical exchange that left them exhausted, each accusing the other of being more stubborn than a mule. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, they talk to me,” Omakayas said, laughing a little at the memory of their peculiar, sleepy, stubborn looks at their mother, so like Pinch when he didn’t want to go to bed. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Because I am not Swiss,” she said, as stubborn as ever. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Come, come,” he says, coaxing me as if I were a stubborn child. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can go if you want to, but I suggest that you stay in bed tonight,” she said, pointing her finger at me, the way a mother would talk to a stubborn child. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z In the past he had had the reputation of being recalcitrant, stubborn, a player who marched to his own beat and always seemed to fight off the brainwashing aspects of the Mojo mystique. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “No wonder she was always so sleepy, so cranky, so stubborn. She’s two!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not too late and don’t be stubborn.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Fudge had taken half a step back from Dumbledore, but he looked no less stubborn. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I don’t think there was anyone on earth as stubborn as old Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She developed a stubborn allergic rash on her scalp from the constant chafing of her wimple. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heard that it’s right powerful, but with things the way they are, the iron monsters and them being stubborn, it’s liable to be months before we can try again.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “He’s a billy goat. They’re stubborn sometimes. But I’m a bigger mule than he is. Have as much water as you like. We can refill it on the way, when we get to ojito verde.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z A little voice in my head flares up, stubborn. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “She is stubborn and knows what she wants.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The Book was proving far more stubborn than Artemis had anticipated. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I am not stubborn,” insisted Constance, who had overheard. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Dad tried to corral her, to subdue her with a show of anger, the way he always had, but this only made her more stubborn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He sighed, “A bit behind the times, that’s the trouble with him. He clings to matrix mechanics as the all in all, and this problem calls for more powerful mathematical tools. He’s so stubborn.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, all the ill wishes he could invent were not powerful enough to rid him of Gebu’s stubborn presence here in Thebes. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I cannot write this,” said Auntie Lindo with a stubborn look. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You talk about charm and beauty and sacrificing yourself to make things pleasant for people. I don’t believe you care a bit for that. You’re too conceited and stubborn and selfish...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Boy, are you stubborn just to be stubborn? Or is there something else to it? You think some other Negro will come live with you? Will you be sweet on her, too?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Our uncle returned his attention to his table, brushing aside stubborn gnats as he scraped bark from a twisted, blackened branch and put it in a jar. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z A stubborn, desperate voice inside of Lazlo bargained with whatever might be listening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “It’s fine,” Henry says, steadiness rising in his voice as if he’s stuck out his chin in that stubborn way he does sometimes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When she spied Gendry, his bare chest was slick with sweat, but the blue eyes under the heavy black hair had the stubborn look she remembered. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “George, sometimes you can be a stubborn one.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I grabbed her arm, but she pulled away, as stubborn as Georgie. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z They are stubborn creatures, difficult to open, and if they are the slightest bit overcooked, they are too tough to eat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of these herons are either inexperienced young birds or lost adult males too stubborn to ask for directions south. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As Arnauld recognized, the question of where to draw the line between facts that were too strange to be credible and facts that were strange but stubborn was far from straightforward. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Tobias is stubborn and proud, but he is mine—maybe he will listen, maybe there’s a chance that all I did was not in vain— “You know why I’m here,” I say quietly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They’re like bees on a particularly sweet flower, stubborn and focused. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z These young ones kept talking about the community, but they left the hills to the poor, the old, the stubborn—and the rich white folks. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She knows I’m stubborn when I want something. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He is stubborn, moody, and bites like a little dog. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z His mouth grew stubborn and he would not look at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z You want one with spunk but at the same time ain’t too stubborn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She was stubborn, very, and she wasn’t about to surrender her decency or mercy for a sound day’s sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z "Her Royal Highness sent word that you were trying to lift your beauty caisse. Du Barry warned that you were stubborn and a bit unruly. But doing the servants' work, young lady?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He has a huge heart, but he’s stubborn and argumentative. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Why did you turn stubborn and stop handing in work, then?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He is clean-shaven, with closely set eyes and thick, prominent eyebrows, and although he is of medium build, he seems much larger: there is something stubborn and substantial in his demeanor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t listen, however, and after a few more stubborn requests, Milligan at last set down his oil can and shuffled over to them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Redemption looked slightly abashed, but his jaw stayed stubborn. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Because we could see you, if Mom and Dad would stop being so stubborn. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The words finally got through the man’s thick, stubborn skull. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Yeah. And I can’t anymore. And sometimes that sucks. Maybe I’m just stubborn, and I didn’t want them to be right.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But Mami was too proud to ask them for more than they volunteered, and we were all developing the same stubborn pride, behind which our frightened selves hid, pretending everything was all right. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He was so stubborn that Father Nicanor gave up his attempts at evangelization and continued visiting him out of humanitarian feelings. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z But there is plenty of scope for arguing with ‘is’ statements, and one could hardly describe them as stubborn or powerful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But my father is stubborn. It will be fine, though. Our house in Ingria was two stories, and he said our new house is a little small, but we can build.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She even slept and fasted in the woods for a name, but the spirits were stubborn. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The Old Bear gave a stubborn shake of his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “You know what? If you two want to be this stubborn, fine.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Maybe my mom is right when she says I’m sometimes stubborn for no reason. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The wire was stiff and stubborn, and he couldn’t wrap it very tightly, but there it was: it was all he had. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Even back then, I was just plain stubborn. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I can’t tell you exactly. The Quakers are queer stubborn people. They don’t believe in the Sacraments.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve sure got your heart set on that, don’t you, you stubborn gooseberry?” said Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You sweet, stubborn satyrs refused to accept my passing. And I love you for that, but you only delayed the inevitable. You only prolonged my long, painful passing, my dark twilight sleep. It must end.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Sookie’s a stubborn guy. He only hears what he wants to hear,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Because I was both stubborn and full of hope, I replied, “That will not happen.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Felicia could be very stubborn, too, but she had a gift that offset her stubbornness, a gift I admired very much. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I pulled out the stubborn piece of comb, along with a chunk of Arul’s hair. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In Greek there was the phenomenon, but the phenomena were malleable—they could be ‘saved’ or ‘salved’; while facts are stubborn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I turned into a teenager, I got older and bolder, and I’d argue with Dad about it, but he was stubborn as a stump. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z For the Spanish cannot withstand cavalry, and the Swiss have to fear infantry, when they discover those who are as stubborn in combat as they are. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Old he might be, but he was stubborn, and loyal to a fault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I finally get the tiller to move, pulling the stubborn rudder, but not soon enough. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He thrust out his chin in this stubborn gesture that I loved. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t know where it has come from, this unexpected and stubborn truthfulness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yesterday at the meeting they mentioned his name. He’s stubborn, you know. He wouldn’t talk about radio or establishing ties, so they lost patience. He— I’ve got to go. ’ Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He's not answering my questions, and some stubborn part of me wants to shake the answers loose from him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A woman’s voice was speaking, and I strained to hear. ... if you’re as stubborn as your husband, we may have to take stronger actions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She dropped down in the mouth of the tent, looking stubborn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Her long horsey face got the stubborn look that meant she was going to do something willful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His little brother was stubborn as only a boy of four can be. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z To be honest, I had no idea what any of it was—the words were so stubborn about finding their way back to the epileptic’s drained lexicon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z She looked fierce and stubborn as she sat there, small against the high carved back of the chair. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “He’s stubborn as a mule and proud as a horse. He’s got a pride like brass.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I am as ornery and stubborn as an old donkey. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He wasn’t cocky, but he had a stubborn streak of pride. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From all the movies I’ve seen, bouncers are normally stubborn in their ways and absolutely intimidating, but here at Clint’s Graveyard there’s a young woman wearing a fitted cap backward welcoming everyone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But my stubborn heart answered, “No. No, thanks.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They said his mother tried to make him give rowing up and do something else the rest of his class couldn’t or wouldn’t do, but for once he was stubborn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hayden fought the arrangement in her quiet, stubborn way until she could take it no longer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She has a friend as well, a girl with sharp eyes and a stubborn soul. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Him, stubborn about things that mattered to him, like his ranch and this country. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Even if you make it, even if you stubborn and mean and you get to the top of Mount Everest, or you do play and you good, real good—that still ain’t enough. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z I would press the chalk-white color down into her skin, and it would sour, mixing with stubborn shades of radiant gray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z There was a stubborn note in her voice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I was too young—-and too stubborn—to appreciate his words. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Toby had never been stubborn, not when it came to things he really wanted. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I wiggled the key back and forth in the stubborn lock until I heard a click. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They looked at the plain blunt stubborn face and saw nothing but dull Dutch eyes, the great darkness, the silence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He worked so hard that he became as stubborn as glue. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The woman steers her to the chair across from mine, settles her down into it with a little push, as if she’s elderly, and stubborn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Frankie could be stubborn, but I knew the one thing my little brother loved more than fishing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Both father and son were stubborn and high- strung. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told him not to draw it, but he’s impossibly stubborn.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z My mother is as stubborn as she is religious. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The common explanation, he wasn’t rah-rah enough, didn’t make any sense to him, although the coaches were hardly the only ones who found him to be stubborn and headstrong. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How hypocritical of Mia, with her stubborn privacy, to insert herself into places where she didn’t belong. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This was Constance’s great gift—the gift of stubborn independence—and she was bringing it to bear with all her might. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry,” he said, realizing he was being stubborn and rude again. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I could not understand why Uncle took such a stubborn attitude against the fact that some demon had flown. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But the insecurities, those most insidious and stubborn of all the demons, were hers alone. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Vonetta stayed tight to her stubborn curl, her chin in her lap. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “The tradition never would’ve survived. He grew so stubborn in his old age, your abuelo. So hardened. So I came here; the ocean is a sanctuary for all ancestral spirits.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He seemed to me to be the very model of the old-fashioned, stiff-necked, stubborn Afrikaner who did not so much discuss matters with black leaders as dictate to them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I hung balanced, a creature of two minds; and one of them said—unreasonable, stubborn as the mountains—that she was beautiful. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “This’ll set you right,” her mother had said, dipping fast, sure fingers into the grease and working it through Nicole’s stubborn curl, pulling so tight, her eyes watered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “No, we can’t. We decided already,” said Lyra, stubborn and fearful at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “She was too coarse, too stubborn. I’d left it too late....But where is she now? I followed her footsteps up.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "A smart boy, but stubborn. That helm ... the others call him bullheaded, so he threw it in their teeth." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jorge is so jealous that he acts like a stubborn child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He could be exceedingly stubborn, another trait that may unfortunately have been passed down from father to son. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Gretchen Silver knew he was as stubborn as he was vulnerable, so she began exploring alternatives. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention the burros, the most stubborn creature known to man. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her face was stubborn, her lips pressed together, her fists clenched. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I see you’re just as stubborn as your grandfather. All right. You can go to the bathroom. I’m going to give you a chance to think things over,” Garcia said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z After three days of sullen looks and stubborn silence, everything was back to normal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She could see the midwife coming in the distance, so Alyce spat on her fingers and rubbed a bit of stubborn dirt off Edward’s cheek. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The most stubborn problems were concerned with peanuts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Who says he’s seeing this place the way were seeing it? Humans see what they want to see. You’re very stubborn—er, persistent, that way.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I was becoming stubborn now that I was sixteen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Around Halloween the last, stubborn wildflowers died away and the wind became sharp and gusty, blowing showers of yellow leaves on the gray, wrinkled surface of the lake. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z While fighting with the stubborn lock, I heard hinges creak behind me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “One time my daddy saw his ancestor who’d been dead a hundred years,” I said, stubborn. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It had been so long, it seemed folly to cling to the hope that Ben Stark was still alive, but Jon Snow was nothing if not stubborn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Holding both the scribe’s shoulders, Bast shook him once, like an angry parent with a stubborn child. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You are very stubborn. If you want something, you’ll get it.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She’s got a point—if my stubborn, hard-headed brother decided he was going to look for me, no one would be able to stop him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z His chin stuck out in the stubborn way. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I told you to swim clear. Are all Assistant Pig-Keepers deaf as well as stubborn?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Rochester heard, but heeded not: he stood stubborn and rigid, making no movement but to possess himself of my hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Arwyl is stubborn as pig iron. There is no bending him.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I know all about her stubborn promise to Mrs. Roosevelt.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And I know how stubborn I get when I decide something. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He hugs me, holds me long enough to soften my stubborn tears. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “I wanted to tell you so bad. But I was being stubborn. And dumb.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I know very little about Hannah except that she is quiet and stubborn. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z One stubborn eye flared open and Pinch fixed his annoyed little boy glare upon the bird. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I met the Franks, the stubborn, charismatic father-and-son team who then more or less ran the tribe, in a cluttered office that in my recollection occupied half of a double- wide trailer. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You are a stubborn old man. Your sweet-faced boys will only grow up to be Sons of the Harpy. Kill them now or kill them then.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She continued to cook, with a stubborn look on her face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When that was done Lee looked for Longstreet, but the stubborn face was not there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No. What shocked me most was that anybody had gotten our impossibly stubborn mule to gallop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Neighbors were running, shouting words that Olanna could not understand because the stubborn searing sound had shrilled its way into her head. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But beneath that soft gentleness there was something stubborn in her, and no matter how conscientiously he studied it all out, he could not understand the gentle stubbornness in his wife. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “No use in bein’ stubborn as a mule jest because it comes easy to you, Jeth.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s a lie, but I know he’s going to be stubborn about this. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I would often hear the womenfolk say that Modderbee was a “hell which changed black men into brutes, no matter how tough and stubborn they may be.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Always was a stubborn cuss. Made Momma cry herself to sleep at night.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Christ, in His mercy, couldn’t possibly condemn Julie to death just because her older brother was stubborn and stupid. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She has that stubborn, defiant look, the one I remember from years ago. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “He shouldn’t have been living alone,” I explained, “but like you said, he was stubborn.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Thomas would remind me that nothing could knock me down because I was made of miranium, and that I was too stubborn to let anything keep me from saving Fig. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She chose to be stubborn in other ways. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z As I howled, feeling pain shoot through my limbs as the thistles of the brush encountered stubborn callouses, there was a loud knock at the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, she stubborn like her granddaddy, that’s all that is,” Grandma says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “In a word, yes. I’m guessing now, but I think she believes that Branwell is stonewalling, that his silence is just a stubborn refusal to talk about what happened.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The ground was as stubborn as the weeds. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I have ridged, reddish-gray bark; leathery leaves with pointed lobes; stubborn, searching roots; and, if I do say so myself, the best fall color on the street. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Still, a stubborn streak showed on my face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I have accused her of everything from being selfish to stubborn. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweet intact child with golden ringlets and perfectly paired strong legs, or the dark mute adolescent dragging a stubborn, disjunct half-body. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t suck, you just...you are really stubborn, for a kid who's never been outside Pittsburgh.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In the castle of Benwick, the French boy was looking at his face in the polished surface of a kettle-hat It flashed in the sunlight with the stubborn gleam of metal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They were intently following the election returns, jotting down the results as they were announced, when they saw Trueba on the screen, looking older and more stubborn than ever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But my mom was stubborn: After she lost her second son, she insisted on moving to Mutare, into the one-room shack that my dad shared with another man. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Ruth May is surprisingly stubborn for a child of five and unwilling to miss out on any kind of a spree. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Birdie and Mae say it’s up to me. They seem to think I’m too stubborn to argue with.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z John Roanhorse, who also had a bed in my part of the dormitory, was one of the most stubborn ones. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z My schoolteachers and some family members referred to me as “stubborn.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I saw it in my mother’s stubborn belief in our neighborhood, her decision to stay rooted even as fear led many of her neighbors to pack up and move. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z For someone so small, she had a huge voice and a stubborn streak a mile wide. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There’s a time to be stubborn, and this wasn’t it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But my stubborn curls kept going up instead of down, and I was cursing the good Lord above for giving me hair that would’ve been better suited to sheep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Stubborn as the day is long,” said Birdie, who was every bit as stubborn as I was. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z She is less pensive than Sarah, more stubborn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally there was a stubborn bird that refused to fly. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Her hand strayed to a stubborn coffee stain just over her hip. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Gendry was too stubborn to make one for her, so she had made her own by breaking the bristles off a broom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Straight through his intelligent, stupid, stubborn, over- protective heart. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Prosper could see the old Scipio returning, the stubborn, arrogant Scipio who would fight to get his way. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m doing my best. I don’t know if you know this, but she can be a little stubborn.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It soon grew, thanks to Harvey's stubborn determination, into the largest and most expensive espionage operation ever launched by the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "He was a pretty extraordinary man in my estimation. He was super talented and very driven and very stubborn and that was to his detriment but also often to his benefit," Anthony Avildsen said. 'Rocky' and 'Karate Kid' Director John Avildsen Dies at 81 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z On the outside, Díaz is defiant and willful, stubborn and reckless, yet inside she’s a lonely, confused girl who just wants to please, to do the right thing. Abused, Addicted, Biracial and Queer: Jaquira Díaz Is Anything but ‘Ordinary’ 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z I was quite a stubborn teenager and all my friends and sisters were doing their driving tests at 16, and I just didn’t want to do what everyone else was doing. Michelle Dockery Used to be a Lady, Now She’s a Con Artist 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z It’s the commonplace organizational struggles, the Gandhi-like obsession with nonviolence and the stubborn refusal to be bullied by the bigoted, the rich, the armed and the powerful that stand out in “Cesar Chavez.” ‘Cesar Chavez’: a noble portrait of the civil-rights leader 2014-03-26T18:56:20Z "It's fun because I can vary the way I say things: I can be stubborn, or cute, depending on how I feel," she says. A quick curtain call. Then bed: Child actors in adult theatre 2010-05-05T20:30:00Z It “is meant for stubborn pockets of fat that are nonresponsive to diet and exercise in patients who are at their ideal body weight,” he said. What Is CoolSculpting? 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Because she was a pip, I realized, a strong, stubborn, sometimes prickly woman who would have it her way as much and as long as she could. Cultural Studies: Why Gerry Ferraro Mattered 2011-04-01T23:37:02Z But as the crisis dragged on, more news stories framed the story as old-fashioned bipartisan gridlock between two equally culpable, stubborn, useless sides. Not “Both Sides,” Now: Why False Equivalence Matters in the Shutdown Showdown 2013-10-07T16:36:45Z But, as his mournful strolling concludes, autumn leaves shoot over him in an exclamatory fountain – nature poking fun at his stubborn sadness. As You Like It – review 2012-05-22T09:51:51Z Dig beneath the surface — the breakthroughs and frustrations, the lightning-fast pendulum swing from “12 Years a Slave” to #OscarsSoWhite — and you find the same stubborn problems. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The men speak hopefully about their lives — one dreams of becoming a singer, while a second attends night school — giving voice to a stubborn, seemingly impossible optimism. Movie Review: Lino Brocka’s ‘Manila in the Claws of Light’ 2014-02-05T23:10:25Z Bushell was a driven character: charismatic, determined, stubborn, perhaps a little crazy. The Real Great Escape by Guy Walters – review 2012-05-23T13:40:01Z Rain was forecast ahead of the event, with the LA Times warning the event would most likely be “overcast and drippy” and blaming the inclement weather on a stubborn “marine layer”. Rainy red carpet: bad weather at Oscars threatens to dampen A-listers' evening 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z In one amusing passage, he ignores advice to remain safely on the Colombian side of a border town, and attributes his decision to “my stunted but stubborn sense of Brazilian patriotism.” A Writer’s Trip Into the Amazon Reveals Brazil and Himself 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z There is something radical about that, and about Mr. Schrader’s stubborn faith in movies. Review: ‘First Reformed’ Is an Epiphany. Ethan Hawke Is, Too. 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Jack Reynor plays Parsons with a stubborn glint; the result is like a curious cross between “Wild Wild Country” and “Hidden Figures.” What’s on TV Thursday: The World Cup and ‘Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z All but the most stubborn handlers respond with “Yes ma’am.” 'Trust your dog': extraordinary pets help solve crimes by finding bodies 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z We can tell that she's stubborn, volatile and complicated but we are more or less told that through Oppenheimer's perspective of her as his love interest. That "Oppenheimer" sex scene speaks to a larger problem with Christopher Nolan's storytelling 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z The notion that men are the funny sex is a stubborn one. It’s no joke: women rule the Emmy comedy series category 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z The film is less a career survey than an admiring political portrait of a stubborn dissident playing a risky cat-and-mouse game with the government. Critic’s Notebook: Human Rights Watch Film Festival at Lincoln Center 2012-06-14T21:54:07Z “We were very stubborn, and this shows you need to believe and do everything you need to for your film,” she said. ‘Beginning” triumphs at San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Crying becomes a language of its own, a way of registering the body’s stubborn inability to hold the spirit as it overflows. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z “I was pretty stubborn in my falling apart,” she said. Mimi O’Donnell Seeks Solace in Theater After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Chubby, bespectacled, flatulent and asthmatic, Paudie is a stubborn, willful rebel whom the injured Noel enlists to shift the gears on the truck. Movie Review: ‘My Brothers,’ Directed by Paul Fraser 2012-11-30T00:49:55Z As for Agatha, she is courageous, stubborn and contemptuous when she doesn’t get her way. Teenage Heroes in a Mythical Land Fight Monsters, and Stereotypes 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Although she abandoned him to what looks likely to be an increasingly nasty fate her parting was surprisingly tender, showing us her love and frustration with her stubborn younger brother. Game of Thrones: season two, episode eight ? The Prince of Winterfell 2012-05-21T12:36:49Z “It would have been very different if I’d been older, but I was stubborn then.” Kirk Douglas: ‘I never thought I’d live to 100. That’s shocked me’ 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z He was, Mr. Suhl said, “infuriatingly stubborn and self-absorbed, yet extraordinarily sensitive, kind and generous.” A Designer’s Suicide and the Clothes He Left Behind 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z Never cloying, she comes at her role simply and without affectation, and suggests that happiness is less birthright than stubborn spiritual discipline. Review | Hayley Mills became a Disney darling at 12. Her new memoir recalls how it went from there. 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Hearing her plain, stubborn, shellshocked voice, you can’t help wondering what defenses any of us could muster in the face of madness and monsters and genetic mysteries we may never understand. Good Looks Ran in the Family. So Did Schizophrenia. 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z But it possesses versatility: It’s a pretty stubborn cheese, able to withstand heat without collapsing into goo. An Indian Food Writer Breaks Free From Tradition 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z “So it goes” tolls bright and solemn 106 times throughout the book, cunningly conveying fatalism, stoicism, acceptance and stubborn continuity each time. From Dresden on the 50th Anniversary of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z So much of this century’s fanaticism and insularity has rested on a stubborn error about art and religion: Christians like pictures, Muslims don’t. Best Art Between the Covers of These Holidayx Books 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s just too helpful to bigots to believe that gay people are somehow misguided, or they’re just being stubborn in their refusal to pair off with an appropriately opposite sex partner. Gay healers: You’re quacks! 2012-11-28T21:24:00Z Her stubborn commitment to that idea had left her out of step in recent years with a profession she once stood astride. A critic's take on the power of Zaha Hadid 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z By midafternoon a slight but stubborn rainstorm settled over the capital and a wild assortment of Americans mingled in front of the White House. Evening in America: What it felt like on Trump’s Fourth of July 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z Some secularly minded moderns will use this as an example of Christianity's natural and stubborn authoritarianism. The political Bible, part 3: how Christian Britain came to accept democracy 2011-08-22T07:00:01Z Alex and Chase are playful, intense and stubborn — their flaws make them a magical match, not perfect but perfect for each other. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z I’ve tried motivating my siblings by telling them how many jobs there are and how much it’d help, but they are stubborn. Money’s tight. Older siblings won’t work. What’s a 14-year-old to do? 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z Here, as in his new Chinese-language war movie Little Big Soldier, he relies more on inward acting and stubborn charm than on action choreography. 'The Karate Kid' Review: Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith Do Kung Fu Fighting 2010-06-11T09:10:00Z Rebekah Brockman’s Antigone is palpably enraged and defiant, while Paul O’Brien embodies a stubborn and overconfident Creon. Review: ‘The Burial at Thebes,’ a Vicious but Poetic Tale Retold 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Although donkeys are known for being stubborn, they are also highly caring creatures, with a keen intellect and steadfast devotion to their human caretakers — and each other. Why a media executive left his career to help maligned donkeys and save them from slaughter 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z The best tended to eschew abstraction in favor of a stubborn fidelity to how things actually look. Review | Art of fanatical efficiency that has more to do with your Facebook feed than you think 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Jenny, stubborn in the face of her own fear and the threats and evasions of the people she encounters, is equal parts detective and priest. Review: The Hard Road of Decency in ‘The Unknown Girl’ 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z "A story of two brothers falling out and being stubborn, and food being essential to family life, is something that I think has connected it with international audiences," Gupta said. Move over Bollywood: U.S. festival spotlights independent Indian films 2014-04-08T22:58:47Z A stubborn testament to the cinematic experience, Cannes continues to maintain its hold on the international art and the industry, no small thing in the age of streaming. At Cannes, the Heartfelt and the Scathing Exist Side by Side 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Like the title teenage character in their film “Rosetta,” Cyril is an extraordinarily physical presence — you’re acutely aware of the effort involved in his movements, in his running, colliding and scaling walls — and stubborn. Movie Review: ?The Kid With a Bike,? From Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 2012-03-15T22:41:22Z And, sure enough, Sud reacted to questions about the finale of “The Killing” with the defensive mien of a politician hoping to weather a stubborn scandal. Can ?The Killing? Make a Comeback? 2012-03-18T03:49:06Z The teachers note that young Yasser is “slow at memorizing” and that, while he is “rather focussed,” he is also “very stubborn.” A Brother’s Tale 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z As the juror with a stubborn conscience, Robert Cummings is no Henry Fonda, who played the same role in Sidney Lumet’s 1957 film. A Beginner’s Guide to the Golden Age of Live Theater on TV 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “It’s not a Christmas tree,” the boy maintains, clinging to his convictions with the dangerously stubborn clarity that guides so many of Mr. Rash’s characters. Books of The Times: Rural Pride and Poverty and a Hen?s Empty Nest 2010-03-08T08:48:00Z Rather, like a stubborn marshal, it directs its relentless symmetries into battle regardless of obstacles. Bomber Command memorial – review 2012-06-23T23:05:21Z This was a particularly poignant moment for me — to resist cynicism or hopelessness with a stubborn love. In fiction, anyone can be a protagonist: “I don’t understand this desire to only read about people who are like oneself” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z It manifests in four variations: “Nice and manipulative, nasty and manipulative, stubborn and manipulative, and playing the victim and manipulative.” How to Have a Disagreement Like an Adult, According to Deepak Chopra 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z There is an element of old fogeyism in Mr. Kaurismaki’s sensibility, a stubborn loyalty to vinyl records, celluloid film, vintage dresses and other old-fashioned modern stuff. | 'Le Havre': ?Le Havre,? by Aki Kaurismaki - Review 2011-10-20T20:43:07Z Colleagues and family members described him as driven, stubborn, uncompromising and intensely attracted to quixotic endeavors. Tom Laughlin, 82, Star of ‘Billy Jack’ Movie Series, Dies 2013-12-17T01:29:45Z She's described as "fearless" by one character, but she is also very stubborn and protective. "Take yourself to the ocean": "Blueback" star Radha Mitchell on how to care about the environment 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z His family, friends and rabbi in his tight-knit Orthodox community want Menashe to remarry first, but that sits uneasily with this quietly stubborn, independent soul. From Brooklyn to South Africa, 8 Filmmakers to Watch 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z The uninterrupted format may have frayed his voice, and a stubborn nasality crept into his otherwise handsome, hearty sound, but the program nevertheless accumulated in power. Review: Davóne Tines Hones the Recital Form to a Fine Point 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Innocence has often been a theme of Mr. Zemeckis’s films — not so much its loss or recovery as its stubborn persistence. Review: ‘The Walk,’ High-Wire Bravado at World Trade Center 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Rebus, promised the Scottish author, will be "as stubborn and anarchic as ever", and will find himself in trouble with the author's latest creation, Malcolm Fox, of Edinburgh's internal affairs unit. Rebus will soon be back on the case, reveals Ian Rankin 2012-06-06T10:15:47Z I was very stubborn because many times I thought, "OK, I'm going to stop this." "Emily In Paris" star Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu: "It's so much fun to play a villain" 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Nostalgia is a potent sentiment, one that transcends even the most stubborn cringers. A Place to Call Home is Australian television to be proud of 2013-07-18T02:32:00Z The key, experts say, is to stay true to your personal style, but not be so stubborn that you won't tweak it. Kardashian's maternity woes prompt a style lesson 2013-04-04T15:47:09Z She is stoical, stubborn, smart and, with echoes of another great American icon of self-deception, somewhat reminiscent of Holden Caulfield's little sister, Phoebe. Schroder by Amity Gaige – review 2013-03-29T17:19:01Z Many argue that it’s an old-fashioned recommendation made when the stubborn mystery of female biology asserts itself. 'I felt I was being punished for pushing back': pregnancy and #MeToo 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z I’m not great at languages, but I’m great at talking, and my stubborn desire to communicate with people got me to the point where I could do interviews in the local language. 'Think about the bigger picture': life lessons from Meryl Streep and other successful women 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z And Merida's not universally "good" either – she's a stubborn daredevil, sometimes selfish and even spiteful. From Snow White to Brave: the evolution of the Action Princess 2012-06-26T16:21:04Z The conclusion of Hogarth and Kilgrave’s first private interaction is especially suspenseful since it seems to end with a stalemate between two equally stubborn characters. ‘Jessica Jones’ Episode 9: Locked Room Mystery 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z This year’s lineup is impressive: the reunited Gorilla Biscuits, the since-turned-metal Agnostic Front, the stubborn stalwarts Sick of It All and several more. The Week Ahead: May 22 ? 28 2011-05-20T20:21:34Z He continued to alienate others with his stubborn arrogance before dying at 46 of a cerebral hemorrhage. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z I was a little stubborn but I got there.” ‘Babylon’ and the Case of the Missing Bob Haircut 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In my hand is a piece of thick burgundy 3M sandpaper, and in front of me is a stubborn knot of wood, jutting out maybe half an inch from an otherwise elegant circular staircase. ?The Vanilla Ice Project? on the DIY Network 2012-01-13T17:00:00Z And Sheridan was already cooking up a pet project, a TV series about a stubborn Montana rancher fighting to defend his land from encroaching modernity. Gil Birmingham Took the Road Less Traveled 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z “And stubborn – he wouldn’t compromise on a story just to please his editors or anyone else.” Photographer of iconic burning monk photo dies 2012-08-28T14:24:00Z He may sound stubborn at times, but Blumberg's quick to recognise he's in a position of privilege. Hebronix: the master of reinvention 2013-07-29T11:31:40Z Prevailing myth: France is no stranger to stubborn stereotypes. Why your next vacation should be in France 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z "This is a woman who is willful and stubborn and has this innate intelligence," Harris says. Street kids, poverty and fortitude: Photographer Mary Ellen Mark's stirring last project 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z I shivered all night and wanted badly to go home, but I was stubborn and had asked my parents for money too many times in my 24 years. The Kisses That Paid My Rent 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z He was a stubborn football player who wouldn’t give up on practicing drills, even if he didn’t seem to understand them, a former teammate says. “Dr. Death” and the Perils of Making Medical Malpractice a Thriller 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z He was stubborn but principled and compassionate, arriving at the answers more slowly than Morse but with less collateral damage to the feelings of others. Critic’s Notebook: First Things First: The Case, Then the Pint 2013-06-13T22:43:18Z But there is another reason that might explain both Chekhov's emotional appetite and his stubborn refusal to make that final commitment to another person. Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers 2013-03-01T17:30:01Z Your husband is being stubborn, yes, but so are you, and you’re topping off your stubbornness with bias toward your own family. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Their Nana, Nana boo-boo? Trying to prioritize grandmothers. 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z A: Sometimes it’s fairly easy to get stubborn, old double-hung windows to operate smoothly. How to make stuck windows slide again 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z “Her teeth were as stubborn as she is,” he jokingly reflects. Their 1st date was in a dental office — they just didn’t realize it at the time 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Several songs into his show at Cake Shop on Tuesday night the drummer Mike Pride did something stubborn and contrary. Music Review: Two Different Spins for a Noisy Room 2011-08-17T22:09:16Z For stubborn stains, scrub the spot with a soft brush or non-scratch nylon pad. How to remove dirt from textured vinyl flooring 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z If you find stubborn residue and think you need something stronger, add a little more vinegar, he says. How to renew whitewashed cabinets 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z It's a very human story, too – of two stubborn men, both convinced they are right, doing battle. Last night's TV 2010-05-14T07:00:00Z His vocal acting made his final scene — in which Wotan picks a stubborn old man’s quarrel with the impetuous grandson he loves and loses his power — into a “King Lear”-like tragedy. A New Wotan Reigns in the Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Ring’ 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z Like the Aardman movies, “ParaNorman” was made with physical puppets and sets, and an almost tenderly stubborn insistence on the human touch. ‘ParaNorman,’ About a Boy and Zombies, With Elaine Stritch 2012-08-16T21:44:18Z “White men don’t walk like that!” declared Baldwin’s friend as he imitated Fonda’s “stubborn, patient, wide-legged hike away from the camera.” Review | What kept Henry Fonda and James Stewart friends for 50 years? 2017-11-17T05:00:00Z On the other: sudden nosebleeds, stubborn bruises and the primitive pain of fingernails lifting from their beds. ‘The Undying,’ an Extraordinary and Furious New Memoir About Cancer 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z The fans turned out to be stubborn – one gave Noble the finger – and an awkward stand-off ensued. Stage rage: when standups heckle back 2012-12-31T10:38:42Z When leaders back an artist they believe in, it’s a good thing, unless we don’t like the artist, in which case we label it stubborn and stupid. Glimmerglass season shines with vibrant vocal performances 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z What kept you going?I'm just stubborn as hell. Dishing with author of The Help Kathryn Stockett 2011-08-04T15:20:00.867Z Too stubborn to see her missteps, Lady Bird gives up the play, but returns to an emotional Julie’s side on prom night. The world is finally ready for ‘Booksmart,’ a raunchy teen comedy about two straight-A girls 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Cymbals Eat Guitars, the stubborn indie rockers, headline on Tuesday. Times Writers Share Last Chance Music and Dance Picks 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z The participants expressed the most concern about Mr. Hitchens’s famously stubborn methods. ArtsBeat: PEN Festival Panel Gives Christopher Hitchens Mixed Grades 2012-05-01T16:40:11Z "My parents got me totally hooked on Bar Keepers Friend for stubborn dishes. And in my current kitchen, I learned it works wonders on the always-getting-scratched white sink too." The most helpful cleaning tips we’ve ever learned 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z She also may feel it isn’t worth the fight to get her stubborn sibling — whom she wants to keep in her life — to recant. My Brother-in-Law Vilified Us Online. Should We Still Have Him Over? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Babak is stubborn, he refuses to capitulate to his wife; he is haunted. Why horror flick "The Night" is the first American film to be released in Iran in four decades 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z As Beau and Colt butt heads, it becomes clear they’re each fighting a version of their own stubborn selves. Review: In ‘The Ranch,’ Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson Reunite as Cowboy Siblings 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z They’ve got a self-reliant stubborn streak I admire, except when I’m dealing with the situations my own stubbornness gets me into – like this marathon. My first marathon was agony — and the cure for my broken heart 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z After being led outside several times, the stubborn goat, whose name was Goliath, returned again and again through the automatic doors. 25 animals that have been imprisoned or arrested 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z Superstition and a kind of stubborn pragmatism guide her sartorial decisions. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z In fact, he says she will break his heart—not if she rejects him romantically, but if she keeps turning down opportunities due to her stubborn, self-righteousness. Why Midge and Lenny are the Carrie and Big of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z Suddenly, Andy Murray, with his stubborn adherence to Under Armour minimalism in all black, white and gray, looks like an example of striking serenity — a word not often associated with his name. Neon Makes a Point at the U.S. Open 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z Nearly a decade of restorations removed most of the blemishes, but the grime on the tomb and other stubborn stains required special, and clandestine, attention. Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z With her wide eyes, tiny frame and delicate features, she projects both naïve vulnerability and a reserve of stubborn, wily toughness. Movie Review: Taking Up With a Maid Might Upset the Family 2011-01-20T22:00:38Z A voice this unadorned, and blunt, is so hauntingly stubborn and original, you want to hear from it again and again. Her Mother Is Losing Her Mind but Not Her Talent for Humiliation 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z She was a little frail, but vigorous and stubborn, perhaps powered by the determination of someone who was not in flawless health. Watching My Mother Watch Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Both were stubborn, liked to cook, and had similar senses of humor. A Quadruple Amputee’s First Vow: To Walk Down the Aisle 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z It's all getting a bit much for our hero Tyler/Ricky/Brent/Hugo: his secret longings, his stubborn parents, that boy in the swimming team, the imminent school poetry contest. The top 10 gay movie cliches 2013-03-25T19:40:00Z The external world is annoyingly stubborn like that. How to love your daily commute | Oliver Burkeman 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps I'm stubborn, but I just want to be represented as I really am … a female. Experience: my birth certificate says I'm a man 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z But Brooklynn Prince would be hard to beat as the stubborn and sneaky — but also blissfully naive — little girl going on adventures around the run-down Orlando hotel where she lives. In a truly just world, the Oscars would include these 10 categories 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z But because I'm so bloody stubborn, I would fight it anyway. Oscar Week: Best Supporting Actor Nominee Christoph Waltz 2010-03-05T07:30:00Z In Florida the previous year, Baron had made a stubborn, startling push for another important truth: the actual ballot numbers, via independent recount, in the Bush vs. “Spotlight” and Its Revelations 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z If only she would stop being so stubborn and just eat. Karen Carpenter's tragic story 2010-10-23T23:03:00Z “Sometimes we can be so stubborn, if you will, as it relates to us thinking we know everything,” Mr. Jefferson said in a later interview. In New Orleans, Spreading the Gospel Through Song and Community 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Now we’re finding out that we may have taken life, not merely as cruel and stubborn warriors, but as criminals. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z It took a cataclysmic event to show the stubborn addict I was that it was time to change my trajectory. Strung out during Katrina 2012-08-30T15:57:00Z Yet his laser focus on expansion and upping the thrills made him a paragon of “stubborn insistence and myopia.” Review | ‘Action Park’ looks back at one very dangerous amusement park 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z But before we start popping the corks and proclaiming that the good times are here again, there were some depressingly stubborn figures emerging from the new report as well. Americans are Making More Money, Except for the Ones That Aren't 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z “Leadership: In Turbulent Times” is most absorbing when Goodwin resists the urge to glean pat lessons or rules from the past and allows herself to savor the stubborn singularity of each moment or personality. The True Grit of Four American Presidents 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z This is a stubborn group prone to squabbles, and the filmmakers assemble a nearly unremitting string of arguments, tense discussions and outbursts. ‘Our American Family’ Review: How Addiction Affects the Household 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z And much of it has come from a stubborn theatrical impulse to find new ways of doing things. The Philip Glass effect on film: Transforming 'Dracula' and 'Beauty and the Beast' 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z Because of its stubborn success against the English through all those years, Mont St-Michel became a symbol of French national identity. France’s stunning Mont St-Michel inspires 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z The very traits that make prodigies so successful in one arena — their obsessiveness, a stubborn refusal to conform, a blistering drive to win — can make them pariahs in the rest of life. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z But it has never been a magnet for younger listeners, a stubborn reality that the 92nd Street Y has tried to address with target marketing and 35-and-under discounts. Jazz in July Celebrates 30th Season at 92nd Street Y 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z And is feminism an identity or can it be actions undertaken by conflicted figures who drag stubborn institutions toward equality? Perspective | Can ‘Bombshell’ be a feminist movie if the characters hate being called feminists? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z When Reed ventures to McLemore’s sprawling ancestral property and its environs, in Woodstock, Alabama, the murder mystery proves stubborn and elusive. “S-Town” Investigates the Human Mystery 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z He is famously stubborn about leaving the office, routinely refusing phone interviews and insisting clients come to him. Peter Zumthor: RIBA awards gold medal to architecture's man of mystery 2013-02-05T15:00:56Z There, under supervision — the main caseworker is a kindly, stubborn meddler — Will works for the owner helping harvest trees while Tom, her curiosity blossoming as her world expands, explores their new home. Review: ‘Leave No Trace’ Is a Very American Story About Survival 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Far to the north, strewn like limestone chips hammered off Ireland’s jagged west coast, the Aran Islands confront the wild Atlantic with stubborn grit. Beyond the blockbusters: Discovering remote sites in Europe 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Across the city other options abound: mostly party music with an occasional, stubborn bit of counterprogramming. New Year's Eve Entertainment in New York 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z Naomi Frederick and Kate Fahy, playing the bossy, stubborn Thatcher in her youth and her prime, are both on predictably fiery, feisty form. At the End of Her Reign, the Queen Takes a Bow Onstage 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z It’s a wearying read at times: Every day a new fixation on a man, and every day a meditation on how Cohen will shed that stubborn body fat. Andy Cohen's Memoir Is the Frankest Book About Gay Life In Years 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Despite the horror of its prescience, the stubborn optimism that burns at the core of “Parable of the Sower” helps me face our true-life horrors. The Book That Terrified Neil Gaiman. And Carmen Maria Machado. And Dan Simmons. 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z But something happened during Diz’s performance last week that was unimaginable for a woman whose managerial prowess is linked to her strong stubborn streak: After 60 years, this R&B singer’s wife said it was time to retire. Then came his final show. 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z But it also confirmed him as not just an invisible voice flowing from the radio but also as a stubborn perfectionist more than willing to be as demanding as he needed to be. Casey Kasem: A critic's take on why he mattered, for so long 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z In “Hunter’s Moon,” he all but begs his countrymen to ask for help and open up: Take care of one another, you bighearted lunks, you stubborn fools, you American men. Even in Hemingway’s Woods, Sometimes a Man Needs to Cry 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Then added, after watching you twist around with something more than a newborn’s usual energy, “And stubborn.” My daughter has awful taste 2012-06-12T00:00:00Z As if establishment ire weren't burden enough, Rodrigo has kids who are as stubborn and arrogant as he is. "Camelot" and "Borgias": Blood, boobs and costume drama 2011-04-02T18:01:00Z But the coronavirus pandemic and widespread activism during the past year in response to George Floyd’s death highlighted stubborn inequities in all aspects of life, including Chicago’s arts community, Sanchez said. Nonprofit pushes Chicago to build anti-racist arts community 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z But with a sextet, he builds arrangements that have a stubborn, towering new power. The Best Albums of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z "The stubborn state says they've done a lot for them," she raps sarcastically. Think bling as Mongolian youth rap away their cares 2013-03-04T03:50:38Z It is more deeply about tribal ties and individual choices, about a stubborn girl’s sense of justice coming into sharp and dangerous conflict with deep and intractable customs. | 'Winter?s Bone': Jennifer Lawrence in Debra Granik?s Bleak Ozarks Film 2010-06-10T21:59:00Z And that opened up the yearning and sorrow, the spiritual questions and childhood memories, the mourning and stubborn hope that still draw listeners to Neutral Milk Hotel. Music Review: Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel at BAM - Review 2012-01-20T23:56:50Z The stubborn, youthful mentality of a young man eager to assert himself soon led to French living from place to place in Texas after his family moved back home. D.C. rapper Chaz French takes a step forward in maturity on ‘True Colors’ 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Once, she recalled, her youngest son, who’s equally stubborn, began mouthing off. A Quadruple Amputee’s First Vow: To Walk Down the Aisle 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z When that has happened, it has been, more often than not, because of Doug Jemal’s stubborn devotion to preserving old, decrepit buildings — as well as his highly unconventional, sometimes outrageous methods of getting his way. Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Whitehead’s imagination, unconstrained by stubborn facts, takes the novel to new places in the narrative of slavery, or rather to places where it actually has something new to say. In Colson Whitehead’s Latest, the Underground Railroad Is More Than a Metaphor 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z But they said in a statement that they have “never faced demands for concessions this severe, nor have they encountered such a bizarre and stubborn ideological stance.” Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians Go on Strike 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z It tended to be Thorgerson, by all accounts a stubborn genius, driving the record executives to apoplexy. The Album Art Studio That Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z An intense young man, the not quite 19-year-old Sherlock is arrogant, stubborn, argumentative and almost bloodthirsty in his taste for newspaper accounts of the latest crimes and atrocities. Review | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar returns to his other passion: Sherlock Holmes 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z Taking them to France, the trio lived together until Sidney dropped Lucretia, his spare, for being either "invincibly stupid, or impossibly stubborn". Author unveils the story of real Prof Higgins and Eliza Doolittle 2010-04-17T23:09:00Z If there is a leitmotif linking Ms. Kitto’s oral histories, it takes the form of tales illustrating either Mr. Penn’s generosity of spirit or a stubborn diffidence that strikes with the force of a blow. An East Village Boutique Where the Avant-Garde Gathered 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z But it won't find an audience within an unnecessarily bruised institution too stubborn to part ways with the "team player" who damaged it. "Jeopardy!" fans, LeVar Burton still might not have a chance – or may not want one anymore 2021-08-22T04:00:00Z Which is why a period drama like Mad Men may be an ideal setting for telling that kind of story, because it sets stubborn personalities against a recognizable backdrop of change. TV Weekend: Mortality (and Reefer) In the Air for Mad Men’s Return 2013-04-04T16:43:30Z “You are the most stubborn man,” she tells him. 'Justified' Series Finale Recap: We Are Gonna End This 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z It was a hot day, and she was tired and angry, and became very stubborn. Protest doesn’t work — except when it does 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z A stubborn, capricious Trump stalks the White House. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z It is this self-delusion, Levy reveals, that lies at the base of so much “motivated forgetting” — this stubborn conviction, despite all evidence, in our own innocence. In Deborah Levy’s Latest, a Student of History Learns to Confront His Own 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Even more, it is because he is the son of his father, who emerges in all his stubborn, withholding, frightening strength as the book’s most magnetic character. Review | A rediscovered masterpiece lost during WWII forces an actor to confront his past 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z His songs, with their hoarse vocals and stubborn chords, pick over ruined love affairs. Tom Odell: 'Having your heart broken makes for good songs' 2013-03-24T00:06:37Z If that same stubborn resistance against catering to his audience got Louis C. K. no further, he would be fine with that. The Comic Louis C. K. Has a New Show on FX 2010-06-18T16:28:00Z But at the core of all the reasons men dominate our professional food landscape is the stubborn idea that important cooking and culinary innovation is the dominion of men. When I wanted to find my people, I found them in the "food women" living all across the globe 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z Despite being the work he'll be most remembered for, Briers never got on with his character, often calling him stubborn and unlikable in the press. Richard Briers: a life in clips 2013-02-18T15:08:00Z And the remixed songs, retaining lead vocals in hollowed-out surroundings, insist on their eccentric humanity: stubborn country survivors in an urban habitat. Playlist: From Soft, Feathery Vocals to Locomotive Sax 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z Richard Williams was often maligned for the single-minded way he raised his daughters, but Will plays him empathetically as a stubborn hero, leaning into his doggedness but never making him an object of derision. Hollywood’s First Family of Putting It Out There 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Lake, 69, who composed the hit song "I Believe in Father Christmas," died on Wednesday after what manager Stewart Young called "a long and stubborn battle with cancer." British prog rock musician Greg Lake dies of cancer 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Adults who live with stubborn preschoolers also will appreciate the way that Hughes shows that it can be fun to try something new. Medalists produce two instant children's book classics 2011-01-08T00:49:41Z Interwoven with all his menacing, but possibly figurative language, are all the classic signs of someone who is a high suicide risk, in particular Sunil's deep feelings of helplessness and his stubborn tunnel vision. "In Treatment" recap: Frances reads her test results 2010-11-23T13:30:00Z We are both elderly and somewhat stubborn in our beliefs. Perspective | Miss Manners: Courtesy doesn’t take a back seat when traveling by taxi 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z One of the strengths of Strout’s novel is that she realistically details the uncertainty and ambivalence, the revulsion and attraction, that these stubborn, no longer young people experience in each other’s company. The Return of Olive Kitteridge, the Tart, Crotchety, Beloved Curmudgeon 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Now that he’s forty and working as a carpenter, the only thing that matches his self-hatred is his stubborn self-aggrandizement. The Enjoyable Discomfort of Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z “But what they were hearing was probably accurate, and they were probably right, and I was just young and stubborn.” From Billy Joel Tribute Band to the Real Thing 2013-12-30T22:29:29Z But I suppose the contradiction between weeping with contestants through their workouts and success while stuffing our own faces in stubborn protest is American itself. Why "The Biggest Loser" is the most American show 2010-05-25T19:01:00Z Hitchens understood the secular nature of Saddam’s Ba’ath Party, which made all the more puzzling and problematic his stubborn insistence that Saddam was colluding with Al Qaeda. The real New Atheism: Rejecting religion for a just world 2013-12-14T19:00:00Z Dark-haired, short and solid, Chaim brought with him a teenager’s blazing passion and an ideologue’s stubborn commitment to a cause. When History Speaks 2010-10-02T04:09:00Z He was pretty rotten and stubborn and drove me crazy, but I just loved him so much. Regina Hall Sees the Bigger Picture With ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ and ‘Forensic Files’ 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Frank Bruni, a former restaurant critic for The Times, said the Four Seasons possessed “a stubborn magic” in his 2007 review, and on Saturday it stuck like glitter to skin. The Last Dinner at the Four Seasons 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z His novel sings of the stubborn, fundamental foibles that have kept people entangled — and at one another’s throats — for thousands of years. Love and War in European Fiction 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z Both are stubborn, prideful, and both are sensitive. "Everyone needs to find the best way to live": "Eight Mountains" stars talk friendship and choices 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But she’s too stubborn or selfish or embarrassed, so now the choice is yours. I’m Still Salty About My Sister’s Elopement 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The three museums’ iconoclastic collectors, and the institutions they built, embodied an America that still embraced an ideal of stubborn individualism. Critic?s Notebook: Eccentricity Gives Way to Uniformity in Museums 2011-03-27T01:30:05Z His wife, whom he described in an unpublished memoir as “my constant, supportive, stubborn, incisive critic,” died in 2007. Joseph Kerman, Colorful Critic of Musicology, Dies at 89 2014-03-25T04:23:17Z As always, though, V. I. remains the most vivid participant in this case, stubborn as a mule — although she sees herself as another animal entirely. The Scenes of the Crimes: Landfalls, Stadiums and Creepy Blogs 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z Freya and Anthony had broken up but that year he told her, “I’m getting much worse in my old age, more stubborn, more difficult to be with.” My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z Maybe a bit of arrogance is built into this stubborn pursuit, or the appearance of it; though he sometimes strikes fans as aloof, his longtime aides say that no one is more loyal, or dependable. Sting, the tireless troubadour A portrait of the artist as a refusenik, a recluse, a survivor and a stubborn question mark, “Fifi Howls From Happiness” registers, by turns, as a celebration, an excavation and an increasingly urgent rescue mission. ‘Fifi Howls From Happiness,’ From Mitra Farahani 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z And that if we can manage a happy ending – or at least avoid a tragic one – to our collective ecological narrative, it will be because of our giant, stupid, stubborn human hearts. "The Last Unicorn" at 40 is a poignant prophecy and reflection of today's eco-grief 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z She had assumed, given their reputation, that the donkeys would be stubborn, but was surprised to find that was an inaccurate stereotype. The Charming Star With Soulful Eyes Happens to Be a Donkey 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Yes, some people are quick learners, and yes, many who were born on third base are dead certain they hit a triple — but the world teems with people who achieved competence through stubborn persistence alone. Carolyn Hax: No joy in trying new things It’s easy to picture him acclimating fast to a late-night talk show, even if the stubborn constraints of the format seem at odds with his brand of free-range spontaneity. Jon Batiste Will Lead ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ Band in a Style He Sees Fit 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Part of the explanation for this is stubborn tradition. On Maine’s Slopes, Plenty of Elbow Room 2013-01-04T18:54:04Z It echoes the stubborn wail of an insistent toddler warned against touching a hot stove. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Zhao’s camera is a stubborn, patient witness to some shocking scenes of bullying and intimidation, and he also offers a sympathetic ear to the ordinary people whose government hardly seems to care. | ?Petition?: In China, You Can?t Fight City Hall 2011-01-14T00:04:43Z “Michael is one of the most stubborn people I know in setting strict parameters for quality.” Frimkess Ceramics Have Their Moment at Hammer Museum 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Yet, somehow, that house has turned into a clogged intersection of American celebrity and wealth, an odd mash-up of failed dreams, bombast, stubborn indignation, name-calling, angry taunts and legal bombardment. The time Donald Trump’s empire took on a stubborn widow — and lost 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Or, “Your equivocation — ‘I’m just not sure,’ I ‘don’t think I like,’ ‘I struggle to not see that as . . . really stupid’ — leaves you particularly vulnerable to someone stubborn, opinionated and/or narcissistic.” Carolyn Hax: Rethinking marriage to an uncompromising partner Think of the proteins in meat as tight, stubborn coils — then salt comes along, gives them a deep tissue massage, and they begin to relax. How to brine meat — and why you should bother 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z I also use it on stubborn stains on my floors and countertops. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Peach peeling requires patience 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z In me, they evoke the ache of an old, stubborn crush. ‘Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly’ Hunts for Big — and Elusive — Game 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z But her blond son looks like a cherub, her stubborn sister Willow is one of TV’s surliest sidekicks, and Sarah Palin drops in every few minutes to suck up all the oxygen in the conversation. “Newsroom”: Aaron Sorkin does “The Daily Show” 2012-06-20T00:00:00Z Jane Eyre has this huge stubborn streak, which I have, too. What's on Stephenie Meyer's ideal bookshelf? The works that made the artists 2012-11-25T00:05:41Z We’re both opinionated and like intellectual challenges. “We’re not that different,” I told him on one of our first dates, which he liked to remind me of every time I accuse him of being stubborn. Can I date a Republican? 2012-10-05T23:30:00Z Are we friendly, or loyal, or protective, or stubborn, or cuddly in laps? The Museum of the Dog is unleashed in Manhattan 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z That this fundamental trait is withheld from us until the end means that we are deprived of full knowledge of McKissick and the context for his seemingly stubborn refusal to abandon the name “Soul City.” The Black American City That Almost Came to Be 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z “In Los Angeles, a place long mocked as hostile to nature, mountain lions are a symbol of stubborn, resilient wildness.” Sunday Reading: Strange and Extraordinary Creatures 2019-08-04T04:00:00Z Paul Cézanne was a stubborn, self-absorbed grouch who spent his life in a rolling revolt against urban elites. Review | The sourest, meanest mouth in the history of portraiture 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z Tamora Pierce was writing wonderfully strong, stubborn female leads long before "feisty" became a literary cliché for girls. Laura Powell's top 10 heroes in disguise 2013-04-11T15:55:00Z Fashion, it seems, can be just as stubborn an opponent as poverty. Meet Chicago's Interrupters? 2011-08-06T22:48:57Z As a native New Yorker and stubborn pedestrian, I learned this the hard way, when I tried approaching on foot and wound up in a scrum of gawkers straining against a fence on Hollywood Boulevard. An Oscars-Night Diary 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z It has been hiding, perhaps behind some bothersome organ or within the folds of a stubborn muscle. For Best Hookup Results, Use Your Words, O.K.? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Least surprising behind-the-scenes moment: Former prosecutor Nancy Grace is notoriously stubborn, especially in regards to the Italian justice system and taking pointers from dancing pro Tristan McManus. Dancing with the Stars Recap: J.R. Martinez Earns Two Perfect Scores 2011-11-08T14:15:00Z Schulman focused on the Koch family story, while Mayer investigated the Koch-funded war chest for a conservative political agenda, including a stubborn denial of climate science. ‘Kochland’ Measures the Reach of a Politically Influential Corporate Giant 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Why is this 2:1 ratio so stubborn? Exit the women, stage left 2012-12-10T19:30:42Z Both characters are strong and stubborn, and yet the attraction is there. 'Far from the Madding Crowd' a bare-bones stab at love, desire 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Dorothy Hunt, the tough, stubborn wife of the ex-C.I.A. man E. Howard Hunt, is also made three-dimensional, and her husband’s pain over her death becomes palpable on the page. Books of The Times: ?Watergate,? a Novel by Thomas Mallon 2012-02-15T20:34:23Z When he asks her about an early, short-lived marriage, she exhibits a stubborn refusal to dwell on the past. Filmmaker son of longtime Vogue Italia editor focuses his lens on her provocative work, life 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z Olive is a character of ruthless beauty, stubborn and steadfast, a woman who values intelligence over happiness and is saved from real meanness by an essentially kind heart and a dry wit. TV Picks: 'Olive Kitteridge,' 'Elementary,' 'Death Comes to Pemberley' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z This leads to an explosive fight with Ernest where he calls her a dumb, stubborn b***h and scolds her that her Native ways won't save her from her illness — only modern medicine will. “Killers of the Flower Moon’s” central love story illustrates the pitfalls of interracial dating 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z A stubborn pocket of the previous winter’s snow remained beside our feet. In the Heart of the Dolomites, Hiking and Haute Cuisine 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Dandelions, I learn, are as prolific as they are stubborn. Tending to Grass, and to Grief, on a Tennis Court in Iowa 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z As a viewing experience, “Meek’s Cutoff” is as closed off and stubborn as the devout settlers who populate it. Riff: Eating Your Cultural Vegetables 2011-05-01T07:43:01Z How about that Nepal Airlines 757 that sat idled with stubborn mechanical problems on the tarmac at the airport in Katmandu in 2007? On the Road: ?Titanic Awards? Catalogs the Misery of Travel 2010-05-18T01:40:00Z And yet his mother considers him similar to his father: in argument, at least, he is “provocative, stubborn.” This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z "I used to be really stubborn and narrow-minded," she said. Adele's sophomore disc mines shattered love 2011-02-23T22:20:08Z Montgomery Meigs, a Davis protégé, was arrogant and stubborn and clashed with the principal architect, Thomas U. Walter. 'Freedom's Cap': the U.S. Capitol's big remodel 2012-03-01T00:10:08Z Critics such as the National Civic Art Society and Right by Ike group have charged that the commission has a stubborn desire to create a modern memorial. Bob Dole leads the fight for Ike 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z My son is both a stubborn and a sensitive laddie. How I Tried to Get My Son to Eat by Writing a Kid’s Book 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z Plodding, obdurate, opportunistic, load-bearing, indestructible, cheering, she represents the stubborn human will to survive. An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo 2010-07-15T23:05:00Z This is the stubborn, hurt young man we meet in “Blind Man’s Bluff,” Hill’s memoir. A Memoir of Pretending to See 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z To Millie’s grown children, this obsession with her dead Lorenzo’s heart looks like stubborn grief for a man who mistreated her for years. Review: ‘Exquisite Agony,’ a Heart-to-Heart With a Dead Man 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z “It was very frustrating, but I’m stubborn. I know that what I have to offer is of the same substance and quality as those other galleries and artists being accepted.” Black Gallerists Press Forward Despite a Market That Holds Them Back 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes, surely, a right, righteous movement – in this case the stubborn international Left – can be too drawn to simple nose-cutting and face-spiting. Rewind TV: 7/7: One Day in London; Blackout; When I Get Older; Imagine: Graceland – review 2012-07-07T23:05:40Z But in one of Mr. Motian’s dark, stubborn originals — a minor-key, modal song — the saxophonists stepped it up, both using the full range of the horn. Music Review: Two Saxophonists Step in as a Pair of Substitutes 2010-08-25T21:53:00Z Me and my foster mum are both very stubborn and we were like, “Let’s do this.” My eating disorder made me feel trapped in a box, but I found a way out 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z To push me, to see how resistant I was, how stubborn I was, how delicate or not I was. ArtsBeat: Marie Losier on ?The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye? 2011-04-25T14:00:08Z For especially stubborn deposits, Waterford recommends a third option: denture cleaning tablets. How to remove haze from a crystal vase 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Jokingly describing herself as “real stubborn,” Baliga made good on her word over the weekend and completed the race at an impressive average of about 8:08-minute- mile splits. Chicago nun runs marathon on treadmill, raises $108K for charity 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z These bright, stubborn, outspoken girls who exuded an energy I couldn’t imagine in myself, who could become not just my defenders, but also my excuse. Intense girlhood friendships are “excellent practice for surviving the heartbreak … of future love affairs” 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Charles began to make sense to me when I realized he was a character who, as you put it, “resists cynicism or hopelessness with stubborn love.” In fiction, anyone can be a protagonist: “I don’t understand this desire to only read about people who are like oneself” 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z In the end, what these games convey is their creators’ unmistakable culture of excellence: a clear, rational, stubborn refusal to be anything less than the best at what they do. Rockstar, Blizzard and Quantic Dream Lead the Pack 2010-08-06T16:00:00Z A family friend remembered watching Andrew, at age 2, bang his head on a concrete floor when he did not get his way, foretelling a life of stubborn conflict. The Life and Death of Andrew Breitbart 2012-04-13T23:02:42Z For really stubborn toilet bowl stains, use undiluted vinegar directly on the stain and scrub with a brush. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Vinegar to the rescue for a dirty toilet 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Tanner noted the major manpower called in the help extinguish the stubborn fire, but said Tuesday's fire fell short of being the suburb's largest single fire. Massive fire guts Gurnee banquet hall 2011-08-24T08:00:00Z He persisted, stubborn, risking bankruptcy twenty times in order to back us. Paul Durand-Ruel, the champion of the Impressionists 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Sometimes I wish Ross and I could have made it work, but we were both too stubborn. ‘The Nutcracker’ and the Sex Tape 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z But her blond son looks like a cherub, her stubborn sister Willow is one of TV’s surliest sidekicks and Sarah Palin drops in every few minutes to suck up all the oxygen in the conversation. More bull from Bristol Palin 2012-06-19T16:15:00Z Paired with Fice's vocal clarity and stubborn purposefulness, the song carries an overall sense of slowing down on purpose, like "You might drive through Tacoma, but you will not drive through this track." Fice did it: Neko Case's "Thrice All-American" finally sampled for Tacoma rap song 2010-06-15T00:23:00Z At 79, he plays the stubborn old coot with just the right amount of dignity and orneriness. Will Hollywood grow up for boomers? 2010-08-02T19:34:00Z It’s an incredibly common problem, painful to watch and stubborn as hell. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Interrupting a pattern of dating jerks 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z But the heart of her hasn’t changed much; she’s still stubborn and holds a grudge. Arya versus Sansa, the other battlefront on “Game of Thrones” 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Her parents consider her stubborn and troublesome, and they dote on her capable older brother, Luka. ‘Troubled girls’ are the true heroines of Anne Ursu’s new novel 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z His stubborn, unflinching vision leads him into places most of us will never go. Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams: the real art underground 2011-03-17T23:00:01Z Eastwood has always had a stubborn libertarian streak, and a fascination with law enforcement that, like Jewell’s, is shadowed by ambivalence and outright disillusionment. ‘Richard Jewell’ Review: The Wrong Man 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z One of the most stubborn stereotypes about Los Angeles is that it relies on an architecture of detachment. Koreatown's cool old buildings point to L.A.'s future 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z For stubborn stains, or if you don't have a dishwasher, here's a quick tip: Immediately after using your food processor or blender, fill it with warm water and one to two teaspoons of dish soap. How a $20 food processor made me a better weeknight cook 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z There’s even a cameo by a stubborn ballerina. Hannibal Buress Evolves From Cult Star to Showman 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z But the young girl is too stubborn to see that. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 8: Homecoming 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z I smoothed away a stubborn strand of hair, kissed his parted lips. Modern Love: The Triangle?s Sharpest Point 2010-05-21T17:52:00Z Despite the tragic events that unfold, Jai’s voice retains a stubborn lightness, a will to believe in the possibility of deliverance in this fallen world. Best thriller and mystery books of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Writers remember Jamie is a stubborn virile Scott of Viking ancestry. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z When Arcade Fire first played in the UK 10 years ago, frontman Win Butler would shake and shudder on stage like a man being exorcised of an especially stubborn demon. Arcade Fire: Dressing up and falling over 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Similarly, the current throne battle was set up by Viserys’s stubborn, perhaps misguided loyalty to his daughter, borne of his grief over his wife. ‘House of the Dragon,’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap: Wedding Crashers 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z There are no optimistic contrasts in mood to Scrooge’s stubborn humbuggery. There’s no comfort and joy in FX’s excruciating “Christmas Carol” 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z All in all, it reflected Mr. Brown’s catholic approach, and also his stubborn resistance to change. Music Review: Zac Brown Band at Madison Square Garden 2012-11-18T23:03:59Z But “Butt Boy” is, unapologetically, what it is, and you can’t help but admire the filmmakers’ stubborn determination to go all the way with their insane premise. ‘Charm City Kings,’ ‘Babyteeth’ and Other Hidden Streaming Gems 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “Colony” is intentionally stubborn on details — a creative choice in today’s television, where pilot episodes tend to overstate the premise. USA’s ‘Colony,’ another dystopian sci-fi drama, gets one thing right: Sadness 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Not that Little Big Town isn’t stubborn in places on “Tornado,” its fifth album. New Music: LITTLE BIG TOWN 2012-09-10T23:56:52Z Shetterly says, “Women . . . had to wield their intellects like a scythe, hacking away against the stubborn underbrush of low expectations.” Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z I had an unusually stubborn case, so I ended up going to the eye doctor. Sad after losing your sense of smell to COVID? Turns out there's a link between sense and happiness 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z Who turned me, a European, no, a citizen of the world, an Esperantist, a cosmopolitan, an agent of universalism, who turned me, as in some wicked fairytale, into a stubborn, ignorant, furious Pole? Tadeusz Konwicki: A Polish Writer and the Scars of the Past 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In 2004, then prime minister Tony Blair set up the Women and Work Commission to explore the stubborn refusal of pay practice to fall in line with the law. Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay 2010-09-24T06:00:00Z What remains unchanged is Foyle’s stubborn refusal to jettison his values when all about him are losing theirs. | 'Foyle?s War': ?Foyle?s War? Returns, Starring Michael Kitchen 2010-04-29T22:05:00Z The scene emphasizes the critic’s priggishness and the publisher’s stubborn indifference to language. | 'What the Public Wants': Vintage Comedy Recounts Old-New Tale of Journalism 2011-01-30T22:30:35Z Adapted from a story that first appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, this epic western builds to a tense showdown between the two stubborn cowboys, one a coldblooded veteran, the other a courageous youngster. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Shut Up & Dribble’ and ‘S.N.L.’ 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z As Rebeck wrote in “What Came Next,” “I am a stubborn girl.” ‘Smash’ writer Rebeck brings a new ‘Way of the World’ to D.C. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z If the whole project from manuscript forward has been a commercially calculated confection, the tipoff in the movie is the stubborn refusal of the key characters to come in to sharp focus. L.A. Times' original 1975 review of 'Jaws' unearthed: We hated it 2015-06-20T04:00:00Z Feltrinelli, which published much of his work, hailed him as a "stubborn and intelligent critical conscience of our time, a craftsman of language and formidable poet of provocation and play." Edoardo Sanguineti, Italian poet, 79, dies 2010-05-18T20:16:00Z His latest, “Mommy,” is so fearlessly alive with feeling that audiences may wonder if the screen can contain it all, as stubborn, screwed-up human beings struggle with and, sometimes, transcend the chaos of their lives. In ‘Mommy,’ 25-year-old director Xavier Dolan offers full-throttle emotion 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Suzu is a poignant, sympathetic figure but there’s a welcome edge to her, a bit of stubborn prickliness that’s expressed through the animation, the character’s churning emotions and Nakamura’s sensitive, expansive vocal performance. ‘Belle’ Review: Soaring and Singing Over the Online Rainbow 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z It was as close as the concert got to vintage Afrobeat, and it testified to the stubborn power of Fela’s music. Music Review: Kronos at 40 Begins at Lincoln Center 2013-07-25T21:37:16Z Like a record store clinging to a gentrified block, her insult-comedy style is a throwback to her scrappy East Village roots — or maybe just a stubborn refusal to evolve with the times. Lady Bunny Is Still the Shadiest Queen Around 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z It was Beefheart's stubborn refusal to conform that invariably lost him the big bucks. Captain Beefheart obituary 2010-12-18T01:16:24Z A portrait of the artist as a refusenik, a recluse, a survivor and a stubborn question mark, Ms. Farahani’s film registers, by turns, as a celebration, an excavation and an increasingly urgent rescue mission. Movie Listings for Aug. 15-21 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Being stubborn was my strength, and having faith in the fact that life is really incredibly surprising. "Emily In Paris" star Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu: "It's so much fun to play a villain" 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Hazelnuts clean up quickly, while almonds are more stubborn. Is homemade nut butter worth it? (Heck yes!) 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Another target is those trying to scotch Tartuffe's plans, who tend to be stubborn buffoons with their own self-centered agendas. Taproot's 'Tartuffe' has 17th-century setting but a story that resonates today 2012-02-16T21:40:06Z It’s a rendering so lazy, it suggests a stubborn incuriosity about how Monroe would have actually experienced her pregnancies, even as the film presents them as character-defining events. The Empty Spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s Fantasy Fetus 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Despite her stubborn fury — and, on other songs, delightfully vicious scorn — Manson is far from a caricature. 2012′s best — so far! 2012-07-04T14:00:00Z In their eyes, Jesse was strong-willed, stubborn, and defiant, and their response was to try to break him—to treat him as a trainer would treat a horse. We have autism all wrong: The radical new approach we need to understand and treat it 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z In several long, crucial scenes in the middle of “The Rider,” Chloé Zhao’s beautiful second feature, we look on as a young man named Brady Blackburn trains horses, including Apollo, a stubborn and high-spirited colt. Review: ‘The Rider’ Is an American Regional Film to Savor 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Dustin Hoffman and Candice Bergen portray the parents as they were — when eruptions of violence and stubborn denial were routine — and as they are now. ‘As They Made Us’ Review: If the Apple Falls, Who Retrieves It? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z Bar Keeper's Friend is the best product for tackling both of these tricky tasks that I've ever tried, and I always keep a canister under the sink for stubborn sink messes. The 30-second nightly cleaning routine I never skip 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z There’s a stubborn sniffiness about a fashion designer making films, but the process is remarkably similar, Ford has found. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z My mom is very excited to talk about wedding stuff, but she has a tendency to be kind of pushy and stubborn when she gets something in her head. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Bride’s mom has a ‘toxic’ attitude about her daughter’s weight 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z A fitting name, Edoardo says, because “it’s slow and stubborn to grow.” Italy’s overlooked ‘heel’ has a wealth of food, wine and unique architecture 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z I heard the word "challenges" more than once during the shoot and, ever the stubborn optimist, rose to meet them. How we turned present-day Manchester into 1950s America 2013-07-19T08:00:04Z And a lot of people have mixed feelings about it because it seems like addicts are willfully bad — that they are somehow behaving out of some kind of stubborn, malicious intention. A Word With: Craig Lucas: The Theater of Faith and Doubt, Love and Pain 2014-02-25T22:07:04Z “It is the academy’s stubborn refusal to engage the audience on social media that dooms the Oscars to a has-been awards show,” he wrote in a June 30 email to the board. Producer Takes Academy to Task in Lawsuit 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z When the Palmer family matriarch dies, Hank grudgingly returns home and tries to reconnect with his stubborn father as they become entangled in a murder mystery. Downey Jr. sheds superhero armor to face Duvall in 'The Judge' 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z And, among those things, there are signs of stubborn resiliency and grace: community gardens, bamboo wind chimes, a birdhouse. ‘The Terror’ Summons the Ghosts of a Real-Life Horror Story 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Assessments like “too stubborn” or “too picky,” and unsolicited advice on “adjustment and compromise” are liberally directed toward women. Why Some Indian Women Still Turn to Matchmakers to Find Love 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z There is something very American in the stubborn will to build cities here, and something equally American in continuing to be stubborn in the face of change. Life in Miami on the Knife’s Edge of Climate Change 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “It rewrote the rules and made TV a better, happier place for thinking viewers, even as it was telling the story of a bunch of stubborn, ignorant, miserable excuses for human beings.” Books of The Times: ‘The Revolution Was Televised,’ by Alan Sepinwall 2012-12-04T21:14:42Z “Barbie” once again disproved a stubborn Hollywood myth: that “girl” movies — films made by women, starring women and aimed at women — are limited in their appeal. ‘Barbie’ Reaches $1 Billion at the Box Office, Studio Says 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z He is in good health, mentally sharp and stubborn. Overheard on Zoom: Co-Workers Talking About My ‘Weird’ Habits 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z Draper offers a comprehensive account of the U.S. invasion, which is familiar territory for him: In an earlier book, “Dead Certain,” he focused on the Bush administration and the president’s stubborn faith in the war. 16 Books to Watch For in July 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z Films make Ford happy, he insists, but he still retains a stubborn streak of melancholy. Tom Ford: ‘I wore a suit on set. It's a uniform… I feel weak in trainers’ 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z In Rhodesia, he orchestrated a series of pressures on Ian Smith from multiple directions to push the stubborn defender of white rule to accept a two-year transition to majority governance. Learning From Henry Kissinger 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z But partly because it remains a stubborn philosophical problem, rather than a neatly explained scientific one, consciousness — our awareness, our self-awareness, our self — makes for an endlessly fascinating subject. A Rose Is a Rose Is … Your Experience of a Rose? A Writer Plumbs Consciousness 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z He also shows that professionally, though sometimes stubborn and exasperating in rehearsal, she’s not an egotistical diva. ‘Vanessa: The Life of Vanessa Redgrave,’ by Dan Callahan She wrote their lyrics out in notebooks, trying to work out how the artists turned stubborn words into something slick and percussive. Little Simz’s Big Moment 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z But he is unabashed in his stubborn belief in joy. Perspective | Fashion Week celebrated what it means to dream — culminating in this one moving Marc Jacobs moment 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Soccer's most prolific scorer tells The Associated Press in a phone interview: "I was stubborn and I was in denial." Abby Wambach: I abused alcohol, prescription drugs for years 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z And these are the traits the series foregrounds, establishing Emmett as an innocent jokester with a stubborn streak. "Women of the Movement," though imperfect, gives life to Emmett Till's story 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The lynchings of Muslims and student protests became a stubborn fact at the edge of the state-approved frame. Arundhati Roy — beloved for her fiction, derided for her politics — won’t be silenced 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Lepore ends her own book in a reverie, not a revelation, vexing our stubborn narrative expectation. What is biography? Who can be trusted? asks Jill Lepore in 'Joe Gould's Teeth' 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z But we aren’t ignorant anymore, just stubborn, stupid and in denial. Perspective | The last great country hit about protecting the Earth came out 30 years ago. We’re still waiting on the next one. 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Krug slashes through a fog of shame, determined oblivion and misdirection to unearth her family’s role in the Holocaust as well as the stubborn silences in German life. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z I don’t want to be stubborn and resist for the sake of resisting. Carolyn Hax: Self-anointed ‘cruise director’ takes the fun out of planning 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Even so, his remarkable voice retains a stubborn lightness, a will to believe in the possibility of deliverance in this fallen world. Review | In ‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line,’ an unforgettable voice emerges from an Indian slum 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z "Yeah," Bell said, "in a roundabout way we've been stubborn about certain things." Widespread Panic savors different kind of success 2010-06-18T15:45:00Z But once you get used to it, Aya is a fascinating baby: wry, no-nonsense, gimlet-eyed, with all the iffy muscle control and stubborn whims of a tiny new human. In ‘Buggy Baby,’ Shadows Creep In 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z She is a sensation: she brings to the role beauty, vulnerability and a stubborn – potentially defiant – serenity. Actor Vicky Krieps: ‘I spent a whole day staring into greenery to avoid Daniel Day-Lewis’ 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z The plot partly revolves around Wes’s deciding what to do if his attacker is released, but mainly the book is about stubborn men who communicate in begrudging fragments, circling one another like moody horses. New Books by Yasmina Reza, Michael Crummey and Megan Mayhew Bergman 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z “But little did we know we were being stubborn as well.” An Immersive Play That Transports You to a Chicago Public High School 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z To stubborn industry executives still doubting that a big budget action flicks starring a woman and about women can draw an audience, though, setting this example – again – still matters. "Black Widow" is a triumph for Marvel fans, yet that's what makes it so infuriating 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z These are brilliant programmes, some telling stories from much closer to home – one includes an American army deserter – and all full of stubborn courage, braveness, luck and some jaw-dropping cruelty. Promised Land 2010-08-10T23:04:00Z He also could be abrasive and stubborn, and he had his share of run-ins with his bosses or administrators. Joe Paterno dies of lung cancer; colleagues say heartbreak, turmoil may have played role 2012-01-23T10:48:00Z “Life is trying to tell you something,” Mr. Payton sang, preaching self-awareness, with an air of stubborn composure. Music Review: Words and Music: A Jazz Trumpeter Plays, Sings and Blogs 2011-03-02T22:19:39Z Our era is increasingly defined by our inability to reconcile ourselves with history, denial of our legacy and our stubborn refusal to validate anger. In "Marvel's Luke Cage," history makes a rage in Harlem 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z “Michael and Tobin are so stubborn,” Ms. Land said. He Showed Up Dressed as Reba McEntire. That Seemed to Work. 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z It was one linchpin of a concert that seesawed between facing mortality — full of songs about death — and a stubborn determination to live fully. Music Review: Rocker From the Heartland, Aging Brashly 2011-02-20T22:47:56Z This is yet another tale of an underdog battling long odds and stubborn adversity in search of a shot at the big time. | 'The Fighter': Guys, Kiss Mom and Come Out Fighting 2010-12-09T22:56:00Z However, for stubborn gunk, my beloved vinegar is just the answer. Hints From Heloise: Wonderful wicker But there are few people who are brave enough and obstinate and stubborn enough to be like Gareth. In "Mr. Jones" James Norton plays a journalist who uncovers the truth of the Ukrainian genocide 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z But it’s failure that absorbs Stuart, the body’s stubborn, fumbling thickness, its sticky desires and cruel inefficacies. Dance: Meg Stuart Choreographs ?Blessed? at New York Live Arts 2012-01-06T20:40:21Z “There is never a wasted word, no debris, no flourish to hide behind. A voice this unadorned, and blunt, is so hauntingly stubborn and original, you want to hear from it again and again.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Eventually it hit me that the same techniques might work on that stubborn but lovable species, the American husband. What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z But what gives Wulf’s book its heft and intrigue is how such lofty ideals could run aground on the stubborn persistence of petty rivalry and self-regard. These Romantics Celebrated the Self, to a Fault 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z But no matter what role the public cast her in, she still couldn't overcome a slew of stubborn trust issues that dogged her all the way to Election Day in November 2016. "Hillary" review: Scorching contempt is this trailblazer's lot in Hulu's candid Clinton docuseries 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z Other New York restaurants, like Dirt Candy and Avant Garden, have been uprooting stubborn preconceptions about vegetarian cuisine, but Mr. Truman, drawing on his publishing experience, views the crowded field as a boon. James Truman, Condé Nast Alumnus, Is Now Editing Restaurants 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z “It’s a stubborn, longtime hurdle to transgender acceptance and equality, a fundamental refusal to afford those people even basic grammatical dignity.” She? Ze? They? What’s In a Gender Pronoun 2016-01-30T05:00:00Z The words are uttered without apology in the plaintive tone of a stubborn little boy who insists on having everything his way. Review: ‘Born to Be Blue,’ Portrait of a Trumpeter as a Heroin Addict 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Turner sinks into a low, long note like he’s trying to extinguish a stubborn birthday candle. Mark Turner and Ethan Iverson’s jazz? It sounds like Stravinsky and the blues 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Leigh said that she found a powerful model in O’Grady’s stubborn commitment. Lorraine O’Grady, Still Cutting Into the Culture 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z On someone else this fate might be a crusher, but Sportcoat is the type of stubborn coot on whom doom roosts lightly, if at all. James McBride’s ‘Deacon King Kong’ Is a Supercharged Urban Farce Lit Up by Thunderbolts of Rage 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z The father and daughter pair are incredibly similar — stubborn and unafraid to fail — and while they don't see it at first, they come to recognize themselves in each other. What's new on Netflix in April, from "Kim's Convenience" to "#blackAF" 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z When Pink states that musical progress is the enemy, he does so with a stubborn sense of purpose. Ariel Pink plugs into 'Pom Pom' buzz in his own singular style 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z But the towering man with trademark worker suits, hoarse voice and wavy hair also is remembered by Greeks for his stubborn opposition to postwar regimes that persecuted him and outlawed his music. Greek music great Mikis Theodorakis dies at 96 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z Whenever I’m in need of help cutting particularly stubborn produce, I turn to my favorite site for food hacks: Twitter. The viral pomegranate cutting hack we’ve been waiting for 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Yet Alfonso winds up confounded by the stubborn complexity of human nature. A Salzburg Festival Rich With Dreams and Power 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z An end-of-life planning conversation is difficult, but not impossible, even with the most stubborn loved one. No one wants to think about losing a parent. But not planning for it makes it worse. 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z With its forward woodwinds and its resolute strength of line — the fugue in the finale was downright stubborn — it almost reminded me of Otto Klemperer. In His Twilight, a Conductor Revisits Where His Career Dawned 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z “We just keep going. We let it fuel the fire. We’re stubborn. We don’t like people telling us what to do.” Southern band takes on Trump as impeachment vote nears 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z Bodies live and die, but our history is more stubborn. Loss haunts the gay Arab San Franciscan at the heart of Rabih Alameddine's new novel, 'Angel of History' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z Desire, of course, is a popular subject for analysis, precisely because of its stubborn resistance to same. Sex in the Mirror 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z Whether this stubborn loner, played by Bruno Odar, could use some polishing isn’t a question. | 'Octubre': The Difference a Baby Can Make 2011-05-06T05:23:01Z Grim and Fischer Wonderheads presents this wordless mask-theater piece about Death and one very stubborn old woman; for ages 10 and up. L.A. theater openings, Oct. 25-Nov. 1: Astrid Hadad and more 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Fox is riveting as a stubborn go-getter who often employs morally questionable methods for the sake of truth and art. ‘Intrigo: Samaria’ Review: An Old Murder Mystery Unearthed 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Motian came late to composition, in the 1970s after he’d been an important jazz drummer for many years; his themes sound stubborn and natural. Playlist: Sonic Stylings Dusted Off or Stripped Bare 2011-01-14T20:17:09Z Kaitlin is stubborn and solves most of her problems through physical aggression. Forget Florida Man: Summer belongs to the trailer park queens of "Florida Girls" 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z This benevolence is an expression of the Dardennes’ stubborn humanist faith, and also of their commitment to the battered and resilient ideals of European social democracy. ‘Young Ahmed’ Review: Fighting for the Soul of a Teenage Militant 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Tom Petty, a songwriter who melded California rock with a deep, stubborn Southern heritage, died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest. Tom Petty, Staple of Rock Radio With the Heartbreakers, Dies at 66 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z She learns that by being stubborn – she repeatedly tries to escape, despite the severe beatings and shackling afterwards – she keeps her identity. Even Silence Has an End by Ingrid Betancourt 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z In an era when many of her peers are aiming for universal appeal, she’s a stubborn auteur. 14 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in NYC This Weekend 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z On Wilson’s tortured entrance into World War I, she is truly superb, assiduously tracing his journey from stubborn neutrality to zealous wartime president. In ‘The Moralist,’ Woodrow Wilson and the Hazards of Idealism 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Indeed, it seems the Apple co-founder’s stubborn hubris itself helped to dictate his last act. Steve Jobs: the afterlife 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z "The only other person who is stubborn enough to do this with him is you." Oscars 2015: Brutal honesty marks Inarritu's bond with Cuaron, Del Toro 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z With that simple gesture, this stubborn but loving father comes to understand his daughter in a brand-new way. ‘CODA’ Star Troy Kotsur on His Historic, Healing Oscar Nomination 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z She is, in other words, a 21st-century human being who, in finding herself on her own stubborn, singular, unquiet terms, has ditched the usual script about men, women, pleasure and desire. ‘Anaïs in Love’ Review: Portrait of a Woman on the Run 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z “She is stubborn. She should be with her husband. He is the president of the United States.” How Melania Trump blocked Ivanka Trump from encroaching on her domain 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z She tells Mental Floss, "You can never predict a Chihuahua. They could be the sweetest Chihuahua and they could be the most stubborn Chihuahua that will turn and bite your finger off." 12 secrets of dog groomers 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Kirkwood, author of the play “Chimerica” and one of the cleverest in this new generation of British dramatists, never allows the extraordinary situation of the characters to distract from their stubborn individuality. London theater forecast after Brexit and Trump: Overcast skies with a chance of apocalypse 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z Then people began to say things like, “You laugh like your mother, you’re stubborn like your mother, you have your mother’s hands.” Elena Ferrante: ‘One morning I looked at myself in the mirror and recognised my mother’ 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z It’s tempting to hear it as a manifesto of stubborn persistence, but Mr. Waits shrugged that off. Arts & Leisure: Tom Waits?s New Album, ?Bad as Me? 2011-10-20T11:01:09Z This burst of work felt so important, so needed, that it engendered a stubborn loyalty. A Novelist’s Requiem for the Male Libido 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z So it is in Washington, where — always, but especially now — the A-list crowd nurtures a persistent and stubborn belief that everything is going to be all right. At the Gridiron dinner, a Republican governor roasted Trump 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z Yet there is a part of Kyrgyzstan where the Soviet shadows are less stubborn, the sense of thwarted transience less entrenched. Explorer: Deep Into the Dream World of Kyrgyzstan 2014-05-09T19:07:12Z “This boy, though, was the descendant of some very inventive and courageous and stubborn men, and he had bricks in his blood.” A Team of Engineers Invented a Brick-Laying Robot. This Is Their Story. 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z What’s galling isn’t just the stubborn rebuilding-in-place; it’s that support gets funnelled along the same meridians as other kinds of privilege. The Stark Inequality of Climate Change 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Feeling stubborn, I warned him, “I’m crawling in,” and balanced myself along the edge, attempting to spoon him. Sex in a hospital bed 2013-05-28T23:00:00Z She was both superhuman and truly human, vulnerable and witty and stubborn. 21 TV Shows That Revolutionized Female Sexuality 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Eugenics, antisemitism, warmongering, male chauvinism, double standards: he answers the charges with a mix of stubborn defensiveness and belated guilt. A Man of Parts by David Lodge ? review 2011-04-10T02:30:01Z He was a writer in his mid 40s, very stubborn and set in his ways. How we made Skins 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z "I want to believe," is the stubborn saying of that kid in a grownup FBI agent's body, Fox Mulder. "Stranger Things 5" should go full "Jurassic" 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z As doctors take on stubborn, baffling neurological disorders such as PTSD, autism and Alzheimer’s disease, they are turning to esoteric treatments that require journeys to unexplored frontiers. ‘Brain zapping’: An experimental treatment for PTSD that war veterans say has changed their lives 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z These movies present a somewhat chastened, older-and-wiser side of a wild, often chaotic talent, but the stubborn, lower-depths romanticism that colors Cisco and Skye’s world has always been essential to Mr. Ferrara’s work. Movie Review: ?4:44 Last Day on Earth,? With Willem Dafoe 2012-03-22T22:34:19Z Another part of me felt really stubborn and clung to this idea that I could change my voice and that I might be happier if I did. Is there a 'gay voice'? Director David Thorpe on his Outfest documentary 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Like somebody who was stubborn, and a little bit like a fool. Stars of Malick's "A Hidden Life": When saying no is "enough to change the world" 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z His aunt, who holds on to her faith “with a stubborn kind of bitterness,” subjects Vivek to a particularly brutal exorcism at her church. Review | Like ‘Freshwater,’ Akwaeke Emezi’s new novel, ‘The Death of Vivek Oji’ explores lives outside society’s expectations 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “Game Of Thrones” has transformed from being emblematic of the innovative potential of television to being emblematic of some of its most stubborn problems. “Game of Thrones” goes to war: The once-radical fantasy is now the establishment—for better and for worse 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Patience is key here — since the marks on the bottom of your pan are likely ones that have been heated and reheated, they'll be stubborn. How to clean the bottom of a fry pan that’s . . . seen some things 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z He was assertive, and often granite stubborn, but completely devoid of vanity. The Michael Foot I knew, by Neil Kinnock 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z Browne alternated among acoustic guitars, electric bass and piano, but experienced some stubborn tuning problems with the guitars. Browne promises, delivers on ‘great night’ of music 2013-01-22T00:04:55Z The man began the season defying colleagues and the brass in his stubborn determination to bringing the Wayne killer to Justice. 'Gotham' Recap: Gordon Plays a Rigged Game 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z Flanked by some of Asia’s most stubborn political tensions — in Tibet, Kashmir, Nepal — it seemed from afar to be a mountain citadel lost in time, an archetypal Shangri-La. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one It’s true — everything is ridiculous, and after an hour and 40 minutes, “Des Moines,” like a night spent drinking at home, ends with a stubborn lack of resolution. ‘Des Moines’ Review: Drowning in the Drink 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Ramona is a clever, stubborn pest; Beezus is the . . . long-suffering eldest child. Is your favorite author a Beverly Cleary fan, too? 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Linda is mostly presented as a stubborn, lazy, self-obsessed depressive, while his children are often seen as inconveniences, ignored and abandoned, or used as weapons in domestic disputes. A Man in Love by Karl Ove Knausgaard – review 2013-05-11T17:00:02Z Bonnefoy’s writing is made of these gentle disagreements—his lifelong project was the reconciliation of stubborn opposites. The American Side of France’s Greatest Postwar Poet 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z But one stubborn bit of confusion follows their characters deep into the show. Theater Review: ‘Jasper in Deadland’ Is a Musical About the Underworld 2014-03-27T02:00:04Z But for mainstream media, what is coming home to roost now is how stubborn traditional news outlets have been in their refusal to acknowledge that the entertainer-in-chief has changed the game on them entirely. Jon Stewart is right: How long will the media play Trump’s game? 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z Financially, women also remain at a stubborn disadvantage. Politics Aside, the Data on Women Collected by The Clinton Foundation is Worth a Look 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Bonus points for a Magic Eraser on stubborn scuffs. 10 least-cleaned spots in your home — and how to tackle them 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Simply scrub out the stubborn stains, rinse and dry. Hints From Heloise: Shopping strategies 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z With a character this brave and stubborn and clever and strong, who needs Wonder Woman? Jane Ayre, we hardly knew you 2011-03-11T16:36:00Z He could be stubborn in his refusal to abide by industry trends — for example, he largely ignored the Beatles at the height of Beatlemania. Jerry Blavat, D.J. Who Channeled the Soul of Philadelphia, Dies at 82 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Among the most stubborn ghosts to haunt the contemporary republic is the brutal war it waged in Algeria, its former colony, from 1954 to 1962. He Planted a Bomb That Never Went Off. He Was Executed Anyway. 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z That history proved to be stubborn and consequential — its effects only aggravated by how much its convolutions were simplified or ignored. ‘The Hidden History of Burma’ Traces the Vanishing of Hope 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z He must have been in excruciating pain, but he's nothing if not stubborn. My father's bittersweet homecoming: A family visit to the institution that treated him for leprosy 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z It’s a recalcitrant flower, one that’s been a bit stubborn about revealing its beauty. Perspective | What does Vogue do in a pandemic? It shows medical workers as heroic — but also human 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z “Chocolate is a strange, stubborn thing,” she says. How I beat anorexia by savouring the lavish meals of literature 2018-02-17T05:00:00Z Gently wipe the base, and if there are stubborn bits in the crevices, use baking soda or vinegar. The most annoying kitchen tools to clean 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Given the terribly flawed process — and the Republicans’ stubborn refusal to perform the necessary due diligence — there could be no incontrovertible certainty. Perspective | The ghosts in the room for the Brett Kavanaugh hearing 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z An unlikely aesthete, both enthusiastic and shy, stubborn, grinning and sports mad, Hayden was born in Pietermaritzburg in Natal, South Africa. Hayden Griffin obituary 2013-04-01T15:43:35Z He was a notoriously stubborn man, a perfectionist indifferent to deadlines. John Adams on Debussy, the First Modernist 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z As often happens with stubborn visionaries and major labels, the two played to a stalemate: Dilla was dropped, his album shelved. Review: A New J Dilla Album Provides Historical Imagination 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z In the case of Arizona, that means weapons have a stubborn tendency to be recovered from crime scenes in California or Mexico. “This is the Wild West” 2012-09-16T19:00:00Z Inscrutable, stubborn and pessimistic; preoccupied with historical traumas, dead writers and old movies; and yet, in spite of what looks like nostalgia and sounds like fatigue, unmistakably — defiantly — present, alive and engaged. ‘The Image Book’ Review: Godard Looks at Violence, and Movies 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But Mr. Wiseman, in his unassuming, stubborn way, is determined to go inside, to illuminate the mysteries of collective human behavior without necessarily solving them. Captivating Films, Complicated Truths 2011-07-23T00:03:17Z "It's very stubborn, and we're totally not friends and this is going to be my first real solo performance using it." Moment of Friday: Watch DC Comics legends draw with Moebius 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Flanked by some of Asia’s most stubborn political tensions — in Tibet, Kashmir, Nepal — it seemed from afar to be a mountain citadel lost in time, an archetypal Shangri-La. In Ladakh, India, history and myth, past and present, melt into one A stubborn obscurity in several senses prevents him from investing every minute of his film with the same richness and immediacy, but it’s still an alchemical experiment well worth witnessing. ‘Story of My Death,’ a Tale of Casanova and Dracula 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z Tense, stubborn flamenco singing — evocations of terror and lament and regret and desire — from a great anti-modern practitioner of the form. The Best Concerts of 2012, as Seen by Times Critics 2012-12-26T23:38:02Z But as the New Museum curators see it, the link to music supports a stubborn misperception. Raymond Pettibon: Pictures, Literary Voices and Surfers, Too 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z For all his conceptualizing, Mr. Brubeck often seemed more guileless and stubborn country boy than intellectual. Dave Brubeck, Jazz Musician, Dies at 91 2012-12-05T18:31:41Z But a few stubborn believers haven’t given up on the idea entirely. Where the buffalo now roam: Local ranchers help put them on the comeback trail 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z For stubborn stains such as ink, try rubbing alcohol or lemon juice on a cotton swab. How to clean five tricky household items that you might be avoiding 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In this new mythology, which is the old, the goddess of fertility once more subdues the barren and stubborn earth. Review: ‘O Pioneers!’ by Willa Cather 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z “It is disturbing enough when a regular customer dies,” Tookie says, “but Flora’s stubborn refusal to vanish began to irk me.” Review | ‘The Sentence’ is among Louise Erdrich’s most magical novels 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Mr. Roberts, who can come across as stubborn and a bit defensive about past affronts but also has a strong Pollyanna streak, does have one big hit that is public: “March of the Penguins.” Jordan Roberts and His Comedy ‘3, 2, 1 Frankie Go Boom’ 2012-10-01T22:16:24Z Whether he’s taking aim at the “masters of distraction” dominating the discourse on “Misinformation Age” or a troubled old friend on “Human,” his band provides a reliably stubborn kick. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z The book's strong design — black and white, with sidebars printed in red — also underlines the high-stakes clash between two powerful and stubborn men. Award-winning nonfiction books for young readers 2012-02-21T05:12:14Z I talked to Sheila and she said he was just being stubborn. Rocky Johnson, father of actor Dwayne Johnson, dead at 75 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z I share his obsessive need to make art, to create something from anything, from everything: He was possessed by a stubborn spirit to compulsively make art, as a form of exorcism. 10 Artists on Picasso’s Enduring, Confounding Influence 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z But the case attracted months of overheated tabloid coverage at a time when Britain was navigating a stubborn pandemic and a struggling economy while its prime minister was on the ropes. ‘Wagatha Christie’ Trial, a British Spectacle, Ends: There Was No Libel, Judge Finds 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z A leaf blower also works for more stubborn debris. Prepare Your Patio for the Season 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z He writes of how his father’s stubborn nature, profligacy and addiction destroyed the family’s stability. 17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z He is mulishly stubborn and I am unfailingly volatile. It’s Us Against a Particle of Dust 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z There is a melancholy droop to his eyes and mouth, a stubborn set to his jaw. Thomas Jay Ryan Embraces a Comfortably Unpredictable Acting Career 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z It all started four years ago, when Ms. Tam, now 40, tried the Paleo diet to combat sluggishness and a stubborn muffin-top. The Paleo Lifestyle: The Way, Way, Way Back 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Maybe, in her stubborn, overwhelming certainty of deep love that would last a lifetime, it was just a mother’s intuition all along. The Visions of Penélope Cruz 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Part of the persistent charm of old texts like “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” lies in their stubborn unknowability. ‘The Green Knight’ Review: Monty Python and the Seventh Seal 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z Companies rushed to help close the stubborn gap between Zoom and an actual office. Enjoy these tales of awkwardness and mortification from Zoom holiday office party season 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z I wrote that song when I was so stubborn that I wouldn't accept a ride back from a bar, and I walked home, and it took six hours. Q&A: Jonathan Russell from The Head and the Heart 2012-09-13T13:30:20Z These musicians could not care less about the stubborn ideology that divided the camps long ago. 2010-02-12T17:26:00Z The 1970s were a time when artists were debating the viability of painting itself, but that only galvanized Mr. Pittman — who identified himself as “stubborn” — to pursue it. The Many Layers of Lari Pittman 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z Her entire hip-hop persona exists to blast away stubborn stereotypes about Asians in general and Asian women in particular. Awkwafina's "Nora From Queens" channels "Broad City" but must hone its own rowdy identity 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z She gives such a deliciously driven performance that there should be no embarrassment in labelling it a comeback – or a reawakening after a deep and stubborn sleep. Angelina Jolie springs back to life from a career slumber in Maleficent 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z The charm of “The Other Two” is in its stubborn belief that sincerity has value; its comedy is in the caricature of a world where sincerity is just a brand. The Startling Sweetness of “The Other Two” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Born three decades after the Holocaust, she traces the stubborn silences in German life and investigates her own family’s role in the war. A Visual Memoir Asks What It Means for Germany to Reckon With Its Past 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z Hancock compensates by eliminating sex appeal altogether, replacing it with stubborn, grouchy belligerence. ‘The Highwaymen’ Review: Grumpy Old Men on the Trail of Glamorous Killers 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z The timing felt right; personal-injury lawyers have long been supplanted at the top of America’s list of public enemies by terrorists, profligate mortgage lenders, the stubborn Congress, Wall Street, and, most recently, the police. Ralph Nader's Tort Museum 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Gentians, we learnt, are a stubborn, wilful lot. The adoration of Ghent: art, history and flavours in Flanders 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z It was in the weary, determined drawl of his voice, rising to a sustained, honeyed ache or rasping with stubborn gumption. Gregg Allman: A Voice of the South Who Mixed a Musical Melting Pot 2017-05-28T04:00:00Z “She is also a radically and joyfully stubborn person, with a clarity about what she’s interested in and what she’s not interested in.” Finding Music in Shakespeare, Suffragists and Mitch McConnell 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z There is something stubborn, if not autocratic, about the folklorist’s mission. The Magnificent Cross-Cultural Recordings of Kenya’s Kipsigis Tribe 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z That a stubborn individual shaped by her times can write an accidental masterpiece that lives into the future is always a mystery. For ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Fans, an Audiobook That Celebrates Madeleine L’Engle 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But nostalgia is a stubborn thing, which explains the myth of the Georgetown dinner party. What really happened at those famous Georgetown dinner parties 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z What emerges is a riveting picture, gorgeously rendered, of the stubborn, argumentative miracle of Jewish survival against the odds. Millenniums of Tribulation 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z And the kids are lovely and sweet, but also inconsiderate, stubborn and loud. "Breeders" feels your parenting pain and cusses right along with you 2020-03-29T04:00:00Z His blustery, stubborn and yet entirely sweet patriarch is at the center of the show. Emmy predictions when predicting the future is folly 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z So David and Larry grab on to the third rail with both hands in the season premiere, launching a multi-episode arc that sticks a stubborn, boorish man in a highly delicate situation. Is Curb Your Enthusiasm the best-equipped sitcom to tackle #MeToo? 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z It’s a fascinating moment that “The Swamp” captures, the barest hint of a lightbulb of awareness breaking through Gaetz’s stubborn head. Review | ‘The Swamp’ looks at political reform through the eyes of an unlikely hero: Rep. Matt Gaetz 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The low/high point had to be Kelly lashing out at the other women's stubborn insistence on discussing their emotions. "Real Housewives of NYC" finale: Goodbye, wackadoos! 2010-06-04T13:30:00Z Fascia is stubborn material, particularly if it is marked by knots and scar tissue. Rolfing, Excruciatingly Helpful 2010-10-06T23:09:00Z “Culture is a stubborn mystery of our experience and one of the last uncharted frontiers,” she writes. Is Your Culture ‘Tight’ or ‘Loose’? The Answer Could Explain Everything 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Our research found that there is a stubborn 2:1 male-to-female problem in English theatre, which runs from boards of directors through to actors. Women in theatre: how the '2:1 problem' breaks down 2012-12-10T19:30:01Z Fire officials on Wednesday reported significant progress in fighting the stubborn blaze which is burning through tinder-dry ponderosa pine trees and dried grasses in rugged terrain in the foothills 20 miles west of Denver. Colorado governor suspends controlled burns after deadly wildfire 2012-03-29T12:01:00Z Still, “Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon” does elicit good will, if nothing else for its stubborn refusal to follow theatrical fashion. Review: ‘Bernie and Mikey’s Trip to the Moon’ Is Old-School Drama 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z The elevator pitch for the recipe is a really good one: With one little equipment swap, you can make a quicker, creamier bowl of oatmeal, and leave no stubborn pot soaking in the sink. A genius trick for quicker, creamier oatmeal 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z We see private bedroom conversations between Rob and Nell, in which the mother, who recognizes her son’s dreaminess as an admirable sensitivity, not as an irritating handicap, challenges her stubborn husband’s rulings. “My Friend Flicka”: A Book About Horses That Is a Book About First Love 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Not every wheel needs reinventing, and one of the abiding pleasures of “Star Trek,” in its old and newer iterations, lies in its balance of stubborn consistency and canny inventiveness. Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’ Sticks to Its Brand. That’s Not Necessarily Bad. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The government expected Urkers to move and end the fishing trade, but the locals are a stubborn bunch. How an unusual hashtag led to a personalized visit to an obscure area of the Netherlands 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z She has since been experiencing the stubborn symptoms of long-haul Covid, which for her include fatigue, memory fog and lung problems. She’s Marianne Faithfull, Damn It. And She’s (Thankfully) Still Here. 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z On the other hand, it would be stubborn of you to refuse to look at the science. Terrified to return to Tokyo 2013-01-24T01:00:00Z The first, overriding one, is the cruel insanity of the regime of interrogation that he suffered, a never-ending nightmare of sleep deprivation and beatings and solitary confinement, which he endured with defiance and stubborn courage. The General: The Ordinary Man Who Challenged Guantánamo by Ahmed Errachidi – review 2013-04-08T07:00:06Z Some stubborn physics stands between us and "the rapture of the nerds". 20 predictions for the next 25 years 2011-01-02T00:05:22Z Those who oppose him are always ill-willed, unreasonable, “oddly stubborn” or burdened by “painfully cloudy theology.” Slaying the Dragon of the Dark Ages 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z In some respects “The Casual Vacancy” is grappling with many of the same themes as the Harry Potter books: the losses and burdens of responsibility that come with adulthood, and the stubborn fact of mortality. Book Review: ‘The Casual Vacancy’ by J. K. Rowling 2012-09-27T05:00:00Z Rafa dies in stubborn ugly silence, refusing to acknowledge his brother and yet when Yunior begins to flounder physically what he feels is remorse for all the damage he has caused people. A cheater’s guide to everything 2012-09-10T19:49:00Z In the early episodes, she gives Dre a timid, recessive quality, acting out of the corners of her eyes, but she also suggests a stubborn resolve that turns into confidence once Dre starts killing people. ‘Swarm’ Review: The Underside of ‘Atlanta’ 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z That task requires long hours, an unflagging optimism that the next film might be a masterpiece and, mostly, a colossal stubborn streak. 17 Movies to Enjoy for the Tribeca Film Festival’s 17th Edition 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He’s pesky, but she’s just as stubborn, until at last a compromise is reached. Theater Review: ‘Golden Child,’ at the Signature Center 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z She was stubborn in her loyalty to the documentary tradition, and dismissive in speaking about her colleagues. Berenice Abbott: She Was a Camera 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Tips to transform your deck Got stubborn soil? Backyards from A-Z 2010-09-03T05:52:00Z In the end Mr. Resnais’s subject is less memories than the fragile, stubborn, tender minds that stir them up, confusing, blurring and forgetting them. Film: Alain Resnais Explores Desire in ?Wild Grass? 2010-06-19T06:53:00Z Being defibrillated is like swallowing an angry, stubborn mule. If this is my final tweet 2012-06-29T23:30:00Z “Andrea was in labor and pushing on the same day, but Colton was being stubborn. He just didn’t want to show up until he was ready.” Three firefighters from the same station had babies in a 24-hour span 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “I like to do things that scare me,” said DiCaprio 20 years ago, after a scrape with a stubborn parachute over the California desert. The evolution of Leo: His punishing, paternal “Revenant” is the penance that will erase his party-boy past 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z Ms. Miller said that being “stubborn” and “pigheaded” has helped her thrive in workplaces where foul language is standard. Backstage and Now the Boss: ‘The Only Girl in the Building’ 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z He's a snob, but his divorced parents are such stubborn and difficult people that it's easy to understand why he wants nothing to do with them. Dean comes by sentiment honestly in 'Old Romantic' 2011-02-16T17:01:05Z Anna can be stubborn and difficult, too, but we feel for her. Review | ‘Lean Fall Stand’ opens with a literal cliffhanger you won’t soon forget 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z I told myself to resist, but my hand resisted more; forcing it down was like tugging on the arm of a stubborn child. My secret hair pulling 2012-09-09T00:00:00Z And now the stubborn persistence of the coronavirus is complicating matters even further. Broadway Bets Big on a Spring Rebound. Will the Virus Cooperate? 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z "Exterminate All the Brute" addresses imperialism and "the stubborn privilege of superiority." HBO's doc "Exterminate All the Brutes" asks: "When was American great — and who was it great for?" 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z The drives took us past Mount Washburn, where snowbanks held stubborn reminders of winter, but wildflowers valiantly pushed their purples and yellows toward the June sun. Yellowstone during the pandemic: Reliably magnificent 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z As for Ms. Galperin, she would love to get the stubborn brown spot on her back treated again before her February wedding, and tackle another raised spot on her back. Making Age Spots a Thing of the Past 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z Her credo: “A littler person sometimes had to be a little bit noisier and a little bit more stubborn in order to be noticed at all.” Beverly Cleary, Beloved Children’s Book Author, Dies at 104 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z She would be 10 percent more hateful, more stubborn. For ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble,’ Claire Danes and Jesse Eisenberg Say I Do 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Luckily, Ms. Aharanwa is on hand to elevate the script, bringing a kind of glow to the dreamy, dutiful Retha, whose own stubborn selflessness is her undoing. Review: Sisters at War in ‘Sweet,’ a Triangle Amid ’60s Tumult 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Everything around and within me is partly because of his fatherly advice, his example and even the fact that he could get impatient and stubborn. Modern Love: Sad News Like a Warm Hug Goodbye 2012-08-09T20:31:28Z Aurthur Miller's play about Willy Loman, a man destroyed by his own stubborn belief in the glory of American capitalism and its spell of success, opened March 15 to positive reviews. 'Death of a Salesman' recoups its investment 2012-05-16T21:54:11Z The country has never been more cognizant of its brutal past, or more resolved to a better, more inclusive future — and yet its stubborn capacity for recidivism is impossible to ignore. The Stoic Philosopher of the Lockup 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Nim is adorable, playful, stubborn, vulnerable and possessive – just like a child – but that's nothing compared to the humans who prance around him. Project Nim: we are the real chumps in this chimp's story 2011-01-21T11:00:10Z The only one who figures this out about Westing—the only one who understands that seeing through the game is how you win—is stubborn, independent Turtle. “The Westing Game,” a Tribute to Labor That Became a Dark Comedy of American Capitalism 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z I find that many addicts are just as stubborn as I was. Strung out during Katrina 2012-08-30T15:57:00Z She was exactly as stubborn as Drew would’ve been if he were offering and she were the one in need. Modern Love: A Brother?s Need, a Sister?s Gift 2010-07-16T16:53:00Z He is strong, sullen and stubborn, a zealous laborer whose working-class upbringing left him with a sturdy moral code and a chip on his shoulder. ‘Luzzu’ Review: Capturing Culture on the Coasts of Malta 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z We've had record audience figures, testimony to radio's stubborn connection with listeners. Radio head: Pick of the year 2010-12-29T08:00:02Z “The ears gets taller, then shorter. The costume will get darker, then lighter. The utility belt will get pouch-y, then sleeker. But Batman’s character is as stubborn as the man beneath the cowl,” Meltzer says. As Batman turns 75, the comic book icon isn’t just enduring, he is thriving “We want to show what a hero really looks like - someone who is stubborn. They get knocked down; they get bruised, and they pick themselves up and try again,” Miller said. New season of 'Handmaid's Tale' not meant to be 'torture to watch,'... 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z Both that work and “The Children” thrum with awareness of the stubborn myopia that lets comfortable people stay comfortable by refusing to acknowledge, even to themselves, the big-picture impact of their actions. Don’t Despair, Protest: Playwright Lucy Kirkwood Sees No Other Choice 2017-12-22T05:00:00Z For larger, stubborn labels, squirt a ribbon of mayo on the label and leave overnight. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: What is intermittent fasting? 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z Tomato sauce, ketchup and mustard are acidic, and that, plus their bold colors, is a big reason they create such stubborn stains, Epperson said. My vinyl Chilewich place mats are stained. What is the best way to clean them? 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z You become acutely aware of gaps and discontinuities: between slogans and realities, between political ideals and stubborn social problems, between then and now. | 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975': ?The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975? - Review 2011-09-08T22:17:49Z The record vacillates between songs about relationships and his stubborn refusal to change who he is. Country star Kip Moore weathers the Nashville storm to make a comeback 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z But a full-frills marketing and publicity campaign could not overcome a stubborn marketplace suspicion that “Edge of Tomorrow” was skippable: Ticket sales totaled $29.1 million, a gloomy total for such an expensive picture. ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ Tops Weekend Box Office 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z That book’s stubborn little protagonist sports a similar hairstyle and equally elastic expressions. ‘Goodnight Moon,’ but Not Just Yet 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z Despite the ubiquity of this message, there was a small, stubborn part of me that resisted being put in the corner as a result of my ethnicity. Token ethnic friends: how pop culture taught me I was support, not the lead | Zoya Patel 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Polonsky provided most of the zing in the devilish Scherzo movement, but both players ended on a strong note in the stubborn, almost oafish finale. Review | Violinist Yevgeny Kutik’s debut at the Kennedy Center has its highlights, and its lowlights 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z She says the same of all her TV daughters, and Imrie, whose character is contending with a medical condition this season but refuses to become less stubborn. Pamela Adlon wants you to let "Better Things" wash away the anger 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Instead, she saw me as selfish and stubborn. My escape to Iran 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z Even as a young girl, I was very proud and stubborn and insistent that I was going to take on the world on these terms. Catherine Breillat, legendary provocateur, on her sexual manifesto on film and why she hates porn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Bringing the insistent, romantic Giuseppe into his story allows Cantone and the writers to showcase that side of him and his stubborn insistence on pushing away frightening unknowns. "And Just Like That," Carrie's last supper serves up Samantha's cameo and just maybe, a fresh start 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z She is passive but also stubborn, somehow at once adamant and indecisive. Unexpected Lessons From ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It’s a little too warm and inward to be considered R&B. It is not trendy music, but its stubborn nonchalance gives it a kind of originality. Pop: José James’s ‘No Beginning No End’ 2013-01-18T23:37:45Z He left 14 million dollars on the table, for what amounted to stubborn principles. “The Simpsons” can’t survive this: Harry Shearer is the soul of Springfield — if he leaves, fans will follow 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z "You have to be quite stubborn to do something like this." St John's five rules for success: 'No music, no art, no garnishes, no flowers, no service charge' 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z My relationship was beginning to crumble, but I was stubborn and hopeful that one day we could restore its foundation. My abortion almost killed me — but not for the reason you think 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z But then our younger sister, Fozia, came along, and things changed: she was stubborn, and this time Mum and Dad were outnumbered. The power of six: what I've learned from having five siblings 2020-02-08T05:00:00Z She clearly communicated a vision of culture as rooted but not closed off, thoughtful but still passionate, and flexible with a stubborn core. Music Review: It?s Not Every Cabinet Minister Who Can Also Take to the Stage 2011-08-22T22:49:55Z Even among local historians there was a stubborn, inexplicable reticence. In 1973, an Arsonist Killed 32 People at a Gay Club. Why Has History Shrugged? 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Chloe is stubborn and willful, but she listens and learns and understands. In These Stunning Picture Books, Children Navigate a Big, Wide World 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z If you want to follow your dream, you have to be stubborn. "Everyone needs to find the best way to live": "Eight Mountains" stars talk friendship and choices 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But sound is a stubborn obstacle to this delicately modulated performance. Review: 1 Actor, in 8 Roles, Wrestles Nuance From Eugene O’Neill’s ‘Strange Interlude’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z Like any good treat, there are numerous flavors and forms to vanquish even the most stubborn bacteria. Drug-happy doctors are unwittingly creating antibiotic-resistant superbugs: How overprescription puts us all at risk 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z One of the things that has taken her outside of the Idol pack to a certain degree is she is her own artist, she is her own person, she is stubborn in her artistic convictions. Watch Josh Groban Tell the Ultimate Dad Joke 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z But then the stubborn willingness to keep digging, to rescue secrets from oblivion, is a form of power, too. In ‘Working,’ Robert A. Caro Gives Us a Brief Look at the Process of Writing His Epic Books 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z By Day 5, I was moving around the hospital room but not enough to jar free my stubborn heart. Modern Love: His Promise Would Not Be Denied 2014-04-04T01:03:11Z Mason describes it as a "provocation record" - a call to action, rather than a stubborn protest offering no solutions. Alternative Mercury Prize 2013-09-14T00:21:58Z The new generation of teens and post-teens are blocked from generating novel, disruptive cultural space by the stubborn boomers. The Rolling Stones will reign supreme until there is a new counterculture 2013-03-31T00:06:28Z Charles Mingus was stubborn, self-righteous — and open to just about anything. How Pop and Jazz Wrapped Up the Past in 16 Boxed Sets 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z “Now I realize what Igor sees: a stubborn pensioner. . . . I feel a spasm of bewilderment.” At 82, legendary travel writer Colin Thubron shows no signs of slowing down 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z I was stubborn and I kept on going, and they were extremely nervous, but they would always see my plays, and they enjoyed them. ‘CODA’ Star Troy Kotsur on His Historic, Healing Oscar Nomination 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z Astrid Swan was meant to be the princess of Finnish pop but she always seemed to be too stubborn to accept the impositions of the music biz. July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z Brilliant, stubborn, loyal, daring, he does what he must. ‘River of Stars’: A sweeping saga of a swordsman and a poetess 2013-04-18T21:17:46Z Then again, desperate times -- marked by a stubborn 9.1 percent unemployment rate -- call for fast action. Country's Burns & Poe tell lawmakers "I Need A Job" 2011-09-23T22:07:39Z They see him, sometimes with affection, as stubborn and unreasonable, but he’s usually right. ‘King Richard’ Review: Father Holds Court 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But as Anne Morgan notes, very few images of him will pop up when you Google, and he retains a stubborn aura of mystery. ‘Tesla’ Review: Lightning Strikes, but Quietly 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z It is an important balance that I try to find; never to become too stubborn about what I want to find. Ethiopia: sounds of the present, past and future 2012-11-09T10:22:03Z Don’t cross over that line from being appropriately persistent and just stubborn. Guide Anton Jones reports decent fishing on Lake Chelan for rainbow and lake trout 2014-11-01T04:00:00Z One area in which the Grammys, and the music industry as a whole, have shown a stubborn lack of progress is in the advancement of female creators. The Grammys, Always Unpredictable, Face New Surprises 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z He's blunt and bluff, stubborn and tenacious, dangerous and defiant. Partners in crime fiction 2011-07-22T08:00:02Z Close associates, however, say he bears a profound stubborn streak. Was a USDA scientist muzzled because of his bee research? 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z The dark-skinned, stubborn Ana flees the constraints of aristocratic life in Seville for the sugar plantation — Hacienda Los Gemelos — in Puerto Rico, with her husband and his brother, who are identical twins. A Tale Scooped From the Cauldron of History 2011-07-24T17:41:02Z He’s still, she says, “the most stubborn man I’ve ever known,” but as Raylan says, playing off the last line of the pilot, “It beats angry.” Justified Watch: It Beats Angry 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z It’s an irony that Orwell, ever alert to the stubborn discrepancy between reality and high-flown fantasies, might have appreciated. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z “The Mississippi looks as if it had been put here to teach the God-fearing Midwest a lesson about stubborn and unregenerate nature,” he writes. Books of The Times: ?Driving Home,? by Jonathan Raban - Review 2011-09-15T21:30:23Z The series’ topmost lure is in its stubborn devotion to a Spielbergian vision of our culture, Steven Spielberg being the director whose filmography established one of the modern age’s dominant storytelling languages. We can't say enough about "Stranger Things" season 3 — literally 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z Vivid, believable and endearingly stubborn, she's an enjoyable companion for those taking the time to read a book which challenges the notion that steampunk must assume Victorian attitudes with its goggles and corsets. 'Dreadnought': Cherie Priest's steampunk saga of a Civil War nurse and a big bad train 2010-10-01T22:00:00Z Only the stubborn donkey he was riding saved him from pursuing the other traveler and acting on a murderous rage. Ready to try an old approach to a New Year’s resolution? Saint Ignatius may provide some guidance 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z If some of those bits are particularly stubborn, especially with foods like hardened cheese, try soaking overnight, then using a bottle brush to scrub the next day. The most annoying kitchen tools to clean 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z In a single scene, Ms. Deitsch transmutes the sheitel, an emblem of otherness, into something familiar: a stubborn, unflattering fashion accessory. Review: ‘Here and There,’ a Renunciation of a Sect, Tinged With Love 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Then again, does a home birth really have a negative impact on the stubborn wage gap? When anti-violence backfires 2012-06-02T15:00:00Z The Fitzgeralds’ marital unhappiness was legendary, but this collection shows that their bond proved stubborn and sturdy, and survived it all. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Its stubborn character extends from driving octaves in the bass to shattered-glass effects in the piano’s delicate upper reaches. Review: Protecting and Defending Ukraine’s Cultural Identity 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z But there’s also a way to be stubborn about honoring the past and its pull, making no disclaimers and leaving nothing to conjecture. Music Review: Jimmy Cobb Expands His Act at Village Vanguard 2013-08-22T21:37:37Z It was a miscellany of grim tidings and stubborn determination, of sounds both earthy and avant-garde, of bitter realities and electronic hallucinations. The Roots Touch on Poverty, Death and God at the Public 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z At the climax of “Fort Apache” Thursday becomes a victim of his stubborn commitment to the life he has led, unable to escape himself or the institutional history he embodies. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z The progress of the film largely takes place through Jackson’s twofold embodiment of Maud’s decline and of her stubborn, often angry battle to delay and deny it. ‘Elizabeth Is Missing’ Review: Glenda Jackson’s Return to TV 2021-01-01T05:00:00Z He could be petulant, unreasonably stubborn and prudish. Seymour M. Hersh — the Journalist as Lone Wolf 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z We get an embittered and stubborn old man, not the figure of Shakespearean depth depicted by Melville. SF Opera: A whale, a swan and 2 lovers 2012-10-21T20:33:09Z Margot is stubborn, decent and disciplined, but also selfish, needy and coy. Movie Review: ‘Take This Waltz,’ Directed by Sarah Polley 2012-06-28T22:36:20Z Gordon-Reed, winner of the Pulitzer for "The Hemingses of Monticello," writes that Johnson was not a victim of the times, but a stubborn participant, an advocate of restoring white domination in the South. Historians question White House presidential bios 2011-04-05T13:26:27Z Wear gloves and use a weeding knife to pry loose the most stubborn of them. How to shift your gardening perspective to adapt to a changing climate 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Among male poets, though, the preservation of a stubborn streak of boyishness can feel like an advantage, at least when it comes to coaxing readers into the backyard soap-bubble of a poem. Review: Looking Inward in Poetry Books From Ron Padgett and Nick Flynn 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z At the center of the cacophony are the three Bondurant brothers, forebears of the author of “The Wettest County” and upholders of a stubborn mountain code of independence and honor. Movie Review: ‘Lawless,’ With Shia LaBeouf, a Film by John Hillcoat 2012-08-28T12:00:00Z Johnson, stubborn and thin-skinned, responded to criticism by getting indignant and defensive, even borderline “unhinged,” Levine writes. When Frederick Douglass Met Andrew Johnson 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z And though she doesn’t know what is next for this sweet but stubborn avatar of herself, it’s clear Marcel has burrowed himself deep inside her. The Next Act for Marcel the Shell (and Jenny Slate) 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z From the scant information you’ve given, it does sound as if Bride is being needlessly, and selfishly, stubborn in her insistence on the double escort. Carolyn Hax: Is bride right to insist that dad and stepdad walk her down the aisle? The group’s stubborn unorthodoxy resonated with the kids who didn’t fit in -- the ones who were too smart, too unconventional, too geeky, too philosophical, too artsy. How R.E.M. invented alternative music 2011-09-22T12:23:00Z “Not because you lack talent. Talent is only one tiny part, the rest is stubborn pursuit and an ability to overcome rejection.” That waitress who thinks she can write: Waiting tables and crafting a novel in the infamous MFA town 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z He does a lot of crazy things, and he’s a really good father, even though a lot of people hate him because sometimes he’s arrogant or stubborn. ‘Friends’ Is Older Than Some of Its Biggest Fans 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Beyoncé has also come to represent hard work and stubborn perfectionism. The meaning of Beyoncé: a dispatch from inside the Beyhive 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z Elder artists, stubborn survivors of Newark’s decades of disinvestment, fiscal crises, and ill reputation — and now wary observers of its downtown boom and gentrification — confined themselves at home. Newark Artists, Thriving Amid Crisis and Catharsis 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z And she challenges him on his stubborn sympathy for notions of Black manhood that she believes must change. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In hindsight, the “Wayne’s World” soundtrack is a stubborn reminder of two things. The “Wayne’s World” soundtrack at 25: “Bohemian Rhapsody,” Alice Cooper and how the album became secretly influential 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z “Ah,” she says, “another stubborn rejection of technology from the old man who once said, ‘3G is already plenty of G.’” Review: In ‘The Great Indoors,’ Laughs at Everyone’s Expense 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z This stubborn fact may make you wonder whether New Photography, 25 years on, is getting too far away from its roots. Art Review: Ignoring Boundaries and Borrowing Freely 2010-10-07T22:49:00Z But she was also a stubborn, verbally abusive woman he “never stopped being afraid of.” Sherman Alexie and the Tricky Art of Memoir 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z Others are the guys’ stalled ambitions and a stubborn and implicit disavowal of maturity. ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ Review: Be Adequate to Each Other 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z The artists Chinen favors tend to be “unruly,” “stubborn,” “subversive” and/or “dissonant.” A Case for the New Jazz Sound That Will Inspire Playlists 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z With her jaw clenched and wearing the cold, dispassionate gaze of a stubborn animal, she refuses to make excuses. ‘Abuse of Weakness’ Stars Isabelle Huppert and Kool Shen 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z At Bletchley Park, the country estate where teams of linguists and mathematicians are working under military supervision to break Enigma, he is seen as stubborn and arrogant. ‘The Imitation Game’ Stars Benedict Cumberbatch 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z I would be far more outgoing and confident and stubborn than she is. Eve Hewson of 'The Knick' on Working With Soderbergh 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z She wouldn’t leave him, Blair wrote, partly “because she’s stubborn; partly her upbringing; partly her pride . . . she really is okay.” From press paranoia to affairs: A Hillary confidante’s letters reveal a window into her friend’s life 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z What emerged amid the celebration of Adele and other winners and the often clunky musical performances was a stubborn and almost total reluctance to engage with the music of the day. Critic?s Notebook: At the 54th Grammy Awards, Everything Old Is Praised Again 2012-02-13T19:47:24Z He is stubborn and chivalrous, blunt and generous, physically brave and intellectually nimble. Michael Chabon Returns With a Searching Family Saga 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z I’d hate to see you write off a friendship of 30 years over your friends’ stubborn daughter. My Son Is Being Bullied, and I Don’t Know What to Do 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z He is tough and stubborn, and fumes at the world around him. ‘Wildhood’ Review: On the Road, Sorting Out Growing Up 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z People are self-interested, stubborn, brilliant, irritating — they don’t always make the right ones. Hitting the Right Notes When Setting History to Song 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Aggressive, hubristic self-aggrandizement absolutely can and does come at God’s expense, resulting in a stubborn refusal to participate in God’s vision for humanity or even to recognize God’s transcendent power. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z But I’m stubborn and it was a fight. Sean Penn and Dylan Penn Make ‘Flag Day’ a Family Affair 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z Some leaves will yield to a measured pull; more stubborn ones must be cut off with the pruners. Grab those pruners — there’s seasonal work to be done in the garden 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z His voice was a dreamy, androgynous high tenor, and his melodies were often asymmetrical and set in unexpected spots against the beat, hinting at a persistent sense of dislocation, a stubborn otherness. Review: ‘Red Hot + Arthur Russell’ Pays Funky, Introspective Tribute to a Composer and Musician 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Edison’s father, stubborn, contrary and fiercely libertarian, had bounced between the United States and Canada to elude authorities from both countries who thought him obsessively disloyal. An Inventor’s Life That Was Incandescent Any Way You Look at It 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z His decision to stay in that country after taking his monastic vows represented a stubborn and passionate belief in the possibility of reconciliation. | 'Of Gods and Men': Between Heaven and Earth 2011-02-24T22:55:48Z Mikolasek’s fall out of favor after World War II is not hard to figure since this stubborn individualist stuck out for several reasons. ‘Charlatan’ Review: The Miracle Worker 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z At the same time, he is also a stubborn child. How I Tried to Get My Son to Eat by Writing a Kid’s Book 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z But we are a stubborn group of people, and it is often easier to focus on the silly, the superficial and the insistence that we are right. "The Marriage Ref" is a therapist's nightmare 2010-03-09T16:09:00Z She was stubborn but kind, and got scared easily. Your stories: Dragons are not what you expect them to be by Ellathebookworm 2013-01-11T09:00:00Z A strange and dangerous paradise, L.A., and we stubborn fools insist on staying put despite earthquakes, drought, forest fires, the dwindling shoreline. Coyotes, the Ultimate American Tricksters 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z In her transfixing performance, she moves back and forth between a stubborn, thorny young woman fighting shame, anger and despair into a radiant being infused with hope. Theater Review: Sutton Foster in ‘Violet’ at City Center 2013-07-18T21:33:34Z Finally, what rescues “Into the Abyss” from its title is the stubborn individuality of the people it discovers, none of them entirely innocent or utterly evil, all of them vivid and memorable. | 'Into the Abyss': ?Into the Abyss,? by Werner Herzog - Review 2011-11-10T22:23:18Z For decades, race was a stubborn nonissue for Miss America — there simply weren’t any Black participants, because the doors were not open to them on any level, same as in many quadrants of American society. The competition for Miss America 1984 was business as usual — until everyone got a look at Vanessa Williams 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z For the stubborn Tray, adapting to this new paradigm in order to achieve his dreams is about as easy as emulsifying oil and water. "The Last O.G." thrives in its tastier second season 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z “Timbuktu” is an act of resistance and revenge because it asserts the power of secularism not as an ideology but rather as a stubborn fact of life. ‘Timbuktu,’ an Abderrahmane Sissako Film About Radical Islam 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But Mr. Mekas, who turns 90 Dec. 24, and his stubborn faith in art and artists are a restorative tonic. Manohla Dargis’s Top Films of 2012 2012-12-15T00:37:44Z The stubborn sheep farmer is a classic character in Icelandic literature. Grimur Hakonarson Narrates a Scene From ‘Rams’ 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Midsummer, she experienced a complication from chemo that we'd never anticipated, nor even known was possible: stubborn blood clots that traveled up to her lungs, making it difficult for her to breathe. Grief, with a side of baked ziti 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z For a stubborn ring around the toilet bowl, use the same paper-towel-and-vinegar method of cleaning. Hints From Heloise: Condensed vs. evaporated 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Until fairly recently, when gentrifiers began slipping in, the neighborhood was Irish, Catholic and working class, and famously proud, insular, stubborn and independent. A Return to Southie, by Way of Broadway 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z It is no joke getting old, particularly for stubborn, vivacious personalities like Mr. Buatta, and he chafed against its indignities. The Death of Chintz 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z There, he meets two stubborn subjects: the resistant Mamoon and his second wife, Liana, who hopes to control the project. Reviews: New Books From Thomas McGuane, Hanif Kureishi and More 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z In these songs, they take on subjects like survivor’s guilt, the lure of suicide and the stubborn persistence of hope. Review: Songs of Exile With Matthias Goerne 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Gentle and often funny, her work demonstrates a stubborn refusal to settle down in a place, a time, or a medium. 10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Upper East Side 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Why is Hollywood's shabby treatment of women - ironic in an industry seen as a reliable champion of liberal causes - so stubborn? 'Girls' shine on TV, but not behind the scenes 2012-09-21T19:01:15Z “I’m quite stubborn and headstrong,” she said, with a mischievous half-smile. Florence Pugh’s True Hollywood Fairy Tale 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z "He's a real character. He's not this benevolently saint character. He's stubborn and doesn't befriend the people he should. He's confused in love and he's temperamental. He has a healthy disrespect for authority." Another 'Poldark,' and once again it's scything the fans 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z They are a bit difficult to manage as they get stubborn scuff marks on them. How to protect a dark hardwood floor — or at least hide the damage 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z But she’s such a stubborn, determined person that I’m curious to see if she’s going to be the one to mess it up. Jillian Mercado on ‘Generation Q’ and the Importance of Joyful Stories 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Through all of these changes, Nora’s stubborn streak evolves from something reflexive into a mark of genuine strength. ‘Nora Webster,’ by Colm Toibin 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z While you perform stretches and poses, one of the Rachmans will identify problem areas and massage and manipulate stubborn muscles. 36 Hours in Asheville, N.C. 2010-10-22T05:00:00Z Case in point: “Between the Lines,” the new Off Broadway musical based on the best-selling young adult novel of the same name, about a teenage romance thwarted by stubborn reality. Review: In ‘Between the Lines,’ Romance Is Thwarted by Reality 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z But the person is adamant, intoxicated by principle, and stubborn, and since the person runs the company there is nothing the rest of them can do. My waking dream of Amy Winehouse 2011-07-27T02:08:00Z Its hero is both a stubborn individualist and a team player, the quiet central figure in a group portrait of square-jawed, clean-cut guys and their supportive, stoically suffering wives. At the Telluride Film Festival, the Past Isn’t Safe at All 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “The story here is be a better listener. Don’t be stubborn. Let’s remember we’re dealing with the public realm.” Why does it take so long for memorials to be built in Washington? 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z And Ms. Wasikowska, embracing the static, romantic conceit of her character, also transcends it — or rather grounds it in the habits and actions of a believably stubborn and capricious young woman. | ?Restless': ?Restless? With Mia Wasikowska - Review 2011-09-15T23:00:10Z Tijuana really would be a suburb of San Diego if it weren't for mankind's stubborn penchant for dividing itself up with walls. Through a Tijuana Turnstile and Into Tacos and Tortas 2018-02-06T05:00:00Z Shy, quiet, stubborn, he took bows timidly, avoided publicity and denied that he had anything so ignoble as a career. To the Conductor Claudio Abbado, the Orchestra Was a Collective 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z He sort of grasps that, but says he can be really stubborn and isn’t sure whether he can change his own mental timeline. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Her ‘really stubborn’ boyfriend won’t budge his timeline for having kids 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z Yes, some people are quick learners, and yes, many who were born on third base are dead certain they hit a triple -- but the world teems with people who achieved competence through stubborn persistence alone. Husband may be right about branching out, but it’s your choice 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z But Missoulians are generally stubborn – they don’t want to see too much change. The best towns and small cities in the US: Missoula, Montana 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Gaining in astringency as it goes along, “Brahmin Bulls” avoids the formulaic version of this story, in which the stubborn son learns from the more experienced father. ‘Brahmin Bulls’ Explores a Family Relationship 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z Unlike the stamped-out products of factories, each of his pieces is unique, in part because he kept refining his designs, in part because he respected the stubborn character of wood. Review: ‘Sam Maloof: 36 Views of a Master Woodworker’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z I’m sure your parents are as upset as you are and that they miss you even if they are too stubborn or enraged to admit it. My parents put me down, so I moved in with the boy I love | Dear Mariella 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Challenges to stubborn, colonial principles of identity politics have been his art’s bread and butter for more than four decades. Jimmie Durham's art throws some well-aimed stones 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Walter was, right from the start, a disenfranchised member of the nerd aristocracy, exiled from his place in the elite by his own stubborn pride and the treachery of his erstwhile partners. Cross Cuts: How Walter White Found His Inner Sociopath 2013-07-24T14:48:26Z In many cases, judges still consider a woman the more natural caretaker, a stubborn holdover from the decades in which mothers only worked at home. Dads' rights: the rise of firms for fathers going through divorce 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Yet, oddly, Ray still felt that the story was “overlong and digressive”—so stubborn are some editors, even in the face of evidence to the contrary. Postscript: Thom Jones 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z The third reason has to do with the stubborn nature of the character. Tom Cruise as Lee Child’s Fictional Hero in ‘Jack Reacher’ 2012-12-07T13:00:00Z But he would soon discover that we were protected by the state’s stubborn independence – a Montana injunction did not much interest the judges of Texas. I was kidnapped by my mother 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z It has become like a fascinating, stubborn, moody old friend — one I admire, argue with and don’t pretend to know very well, even after so many years. ArtsBeat: Art That Keeps You Coming Back 2012-06-08T18:30:14Z The Salinger estate was among the most stubborn holdouts against digitization, and the arrival of his e-books will fill a major gap in the digital library. J.D. Salinger, E-Book Holdout, Joins the Digital Revolution 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Now, I am proud of myself for being smart instead of stubborn. At the Grand Canyon, a cancer survivor rises to the challenge of a rim-to-rim-to-rim hike 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z It develops warmth and wistfulness as stubborn George, reunited with his spurned first wife and family, realises his betrayal to his own ideals. London film festival second week ? review 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Or, I could have gone the other route and been super stubborn, using only the personal material and not even worry about selling any records. Jay-Z protege J. Cole preps for music spotlight 2011-09-22T19:16:14Z “A story, more so than music or background noises, is more likely to force the stubborn mind’s attention away from whatever is causing emotional distress.” Once Upon a Time … Bedtime Stories Were Just for Kids 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z The song repeatedly dissolved into a psychedelic haze and re-emerged, always stubborn about its leisurely pace. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z “Gilmore Girls” received a warmer reception, if one can overlook the creators’ stubborn insistence in maintaining Stars Hollow’s ethnic homogeneity. “Twin Peaks”: Can a classic succeed at being happening again? 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z The desolate, stubborn, overcomposed indie rock of “Folklore,” though, is a tough thicket to tame. Taylor Swift, a Pop Star Done With Pop 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z It’s a rats-to-riches story in which Danny Bowien, shut out of his first restaurant by the health department and some stubborn rodents, rebuilds with a great deal more swank and sophistication. Top New York Restaurants of 2015 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z She has described herself as "single minded, very driven and ... rather stubborn at times". Mishal Husain: 'driven' presenter powers way onto BBC Radio 4's Today 2013-07-16T16:01:06Z For women — less so for men — weight is perhaps the most stubborn of the entertainment industry’s many biases. In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step? 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Lucas gives Mat a stubborn heedlessness that’s past its sell-by date, while Ms. Owen brings an amusing officiousness to her dialogue, suggesting someone who hasn’t figured out as much as she lets on. Review: Hapless Brothers and Their Lovers Intersect in ‘The Mend’ 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z What is this tendency for stubborn parents to hang a difficult first name on their kid? Carolyn Hax: Readers’ wisdom on saying no and troublesome names 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z For “Please Don’t Send Me Down a Baby Brother” she adopts the voice of a stubborn, willful little child, and for “I Can Cook Too” she becomes a tough, swaggering go-getter. Music Review: Woman for All Seasons, Ballads and Emotions 2011-05-10T21:30:25Z He seems a bit of an unreliable narrator — unreliable because of sheer stubborn cheerfulness. Review | Bill Cunningham left behind a memoir. It is, to use one of his favorite words, marvelous. 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Riley captures that essence: his prowess at clobbering mindless demon creatures is just a handy extra, like the ability to unscrew a stubborn jar cap or reach something on a high shelf. Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—Jane Austen, with Teeth 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z To remove stubborn stains — and Dupont includes hair dye as among the things that might cause these — it recommends using an abrasive cleaner and a Scotch-Brite pad. How to get old paint off old brick and hair dye off Corian 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z But by then it was too late, and I'm a stubborn person. Mamie Gummer finds stardom as 'Emily Owens, M.D.' 2012-10-15T13:01:10Z Yet this biography suffers from its refusal to grapple with the stubborn fact that Holmes was, and remains, a deeply contradictory figure. The Many Contradictions of Oliver Wendell Holmes 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z But there’s still the stubborn fact that for some people and some relationships, caregiving will always feel like a burden, no matter how assiduously one might try to manage it. ‘Mothercare’ Takes a Hard Look at What Happens When Duty Outlives Love 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z A stubborn and ailing alcoholic, Walter gripes about his housemates and expresses love begrudgingly, but the core of the play is his inclination to welcome them into his home no matter their mistakes. The Riverside Drive Apartment Where a Broadway Play Was Born 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z I don’t really think about current trends in the art world, and I have always followed my own stubborn interests. For Karla Knight, Paranormal Is Normal 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z A sponge to remove the more stubborn Haribo traces is absolutely fine. Why Victoria Beckham's quest for eternal youth pales beside the stars who are after your blood 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z And she continues to draw lessons from a life in which hard work, talent, instinct and stubborn determination have sustained her for more than 50 years as a country star. Loretta Lynn Mines a Legacy of Heartaches and High Notes 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The word “body” recurs in many of these poems, signifying the fragility of human life and stubborn fact of mortality, but also the possibilities of passion. Review: ‘Night Sky With Exit Wounds,’ Verses From Ocean Vuong 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Suffice it to say that the book shows a gifted storyteller at the start of an illustrious career, not blasting but chipping away at the stubborn rock that is Oskar Johansson. Review | Five years after Henning Mankell’s death, his gritty first novel makes a welcome appearance 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z From the scant information you’ve given, it does sound as if bride is being needlessly, and selfishly, stubborn in her insistence on the double escort. Mom has to step to the sidelines in bride’s wedding decision 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z He admires Alan Bennett, with whom he worked on many television films, for the latter's stubborn application and hard work as well as overwhelming talent. Cheers for Frears 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z And they are critics and philosophers of a kind, puzzling over old and stubborn questions. Review: ‘The Price of Everything’ Asks $56 Billion Questions About Art 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z |
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