| 单词 | intransigent |
| 例句 | In refusing to do so he was simply being greedy, intransigent and ruled by unfounded fears and mistaken beliefs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If I understood the talk, an officer could “mistakenly” deadlock the cell of an intransigent inmate just long enough to make him miss his morning or afternoon recreation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Virginia’s resistance to the ruling would, over time, be more intransigent and longer lasting than that of any other state. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In fact, the most intransigent got fed “the loaf” for the first few days. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had scolded Ifemelu as a child for being recalcitrant, mutinous, intransigent, words that made her little actions seem epic and almost prideworthy. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z However, Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of humanity’s first step into the heavens would have to compete with the notoriety it was gaining as the country’s most intransigent foe of integrated schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Brooding and intransigent, “Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas” undertakes a brave and foolhardy act, not unlike the prideful horse merchant of the title. Mads Mikkelsen Stars in ‘Age of Uprising’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Over time, the Black Panthers learned to tolerate Confederate flags as intransigent signs for rebellion. 1969 vs. 2017: When Black Panthers aligned with Confederate-flag-wielding, working-class whites 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z He was so intransigent about getting “Wings” right, delaying shooting for days until clouds provided the perfect backdrop for his biplanes, that fed-up Paramount executives wouldn’t invite him to the Academy Awards. ‘Wild Bill Wellman: Hollywood Rebel,’ by William Wellman Jr. 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z But extremists and intransigent Syrian President Bashar Assad filled the vacuum as refugees spilled across Europe and terrorist attacks led to fresh graves in Paris and San Bernardino. Blood, sand and tears: A foreign correspondent's view of the opera 'Fallujah' 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z It prizes performers and bands that do a lot of avoiding themselves: obscure or reclusive or misunderstood or intransigent or semi-extant, forerunners and satellites and outsiders, the post- and pre- and para-. Critic?s Notebook: All Tomorrow?s Parties Festival at Asbury Park, N.J. 2011-10-03T22:40:06Z Each scene makes a blunt point about Bruce’s ambition or pride, or the roots of his belief system, or Hollywood’s intransigent attitude toward minorities, or Bruce’s steadfast refusal to believe in the same. Theater Review: David Henry Hwang’s ‘Kung Fu’ Opens at Signature Theater 2014-02-25T03:00:01Z When the building—the Whitney’s third home—first opened, in 1966, Marcel Breuer’s gloriously intransigent upside-down ziggurat, made of granite-clad concrete, proved controversial. Inside the Breuer Building, After the Whitney and Before the Met 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Hardly an intransigent problem, the touch of decay was a harbinger of things to come. LACMA's 'Space Sculpture' shot from center stage to oblivion 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Scientists from Indiana University found a possible way to treat intransigent neuropathic pain — the kind produced by nerve damage — by using a molecule that enhances the effects of endocannabinoids. Swap the bottle for the joint: Can pot-related drugs wean substance abusers off the hard stuff? 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z Watching a sitting U.S. president tear up over the deaths of children as he tries to affect change in a seemingly intransigent system…. Larry Wilmore renames Fox News: This may be his crowning moment on guns and right-wing horror 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z The take-away message from seeing it and the Grey Gallery show together is how little has changed: Economic inequity, class division and racism are as potent and intransigent as ever. Smack Mellon and Grey Art Display Art Sparked by Politics 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Notoriously intransigently difficult, the novel takes its title from Macbeth's reflection that life is "a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". Sarah Churchwell: rereading The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 2012-07-20T21:55:05Z Too easily swayed, it helps create the opposite danger, the sneering autocrat, proud and intransigent. Review: At Stratford, ‘Coriolanus’ Is Riveting and Troubling 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z Even when he’s sent to the Tower, his life in peril, he remains a quietly intransigent dissenter to the rampaging egomania of King Henry VIII. Review: No Battle of Wits in This Mild ‘Man for All Seasons’ 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Ultimately, the series depicts a vindictive, intransigent system resistant to corrections, oriented more toward the performance of an argument and the need to secure blame than thorough convictions. The Innocence Files: a shocking Netflix series on wrongful convictions 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z And it is a confrontation with the intransigent mystery of our existential condition. Keeping the faith in Tarell Alvin McCraney's 'Head of Passes' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z The Nasher contends that the developers of the $200 million tower, completed in January, have been intransigent in refusing to modify its reflective glass skin; the Nasher has proposed louvers for the facade. Fake Comments Muddy a Debate in Dallas 2013-08-06T21:33:10Z So what better way to crack the curiosity of the culturally intransigent than to make this history personal by way of someone whose primary superpower is captivation? From "Suspiria" to Final Girls, "Reservation Dogs" director on putting a '70s spin on Native horror 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z "The Last Confession" earnestly engages issues of reform and backlash, wondering whether it's wise or even feasible for an idealistic new leader to attempt to radically transform an institution with entrenched interests and intransigent elites. 'Last Confession' takes earnest look at reform, power struggle Although detractors immediately chalked up “Green Book’s” win to the intransigent racism of a still majority-white academy, the fact that it was so widely favored, presumably across demographic niches, is far more germane. Perspective | ‘Green Book’ may not have deserved best picture, but did it deserve all the hate? 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z What better way to crack the curiosity of the culturally intransigent than to make this history personal by way of someone whose superpower is captivation? From "Suspiria" to Final Girls, "Reservation Dogs" director on putting a '70s spin on Native horror 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z More critical, however, was the intransigent credo of the French military that insisted on all-out offensive attacks. A slaughter, then oblivion, mark France's deadliest day in World War One 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z There was little danger of anyone’s making that mistake on two occasions when the lobster was intransigently chewy: gristle of the sea. At Thomas Keller’s Per Se, Slips and Stumbles 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z He sees two poles of identity and outlook, unique and intransigent, that are destroying themselves by staying so far apart. American Jews Face a Choice: Create Meaning or Fade Away 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z For years on end there will be nothing but films about dirty cops and misunderstood vampires and intransigent zombies. From Wonder Boys to Irrational Man: why Hollywood loves a hot professor 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z By contrast, the Irish Catholic neighbours are female and fertile, though they are no less intransigent. The Sash – review 2013-05-07T18:16:31Z The novel never becomes bogged down in the intransigent politics of the Thatcher era. ‘High Dive’ review: A bomb is ticking under the prime minister 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z Therefore, activists’ attempts to force intransigent zoo management to divulge how much public money is wasted annually on what amounts to psychological torture of elephants will continue to be denied. Perhaps it is time to stop paying for the elephant in the room 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Aloni fuses joy and sorrow throughout the film, and ends with a devastating image encapsulating the intransigent forces that conspire to silence young artists. The Tribeca Film Festival at 15: A Packed Lineup 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Lively and likable but authoritarian and uncommunicative; kind to me, his grandchild, yet to others so very unkind; haunted by some things in his past, intransigent about others. Should I be ashamed of my grandfather? 2016-02-13T05:00:00Z Football is not destroying men’s teams; intransigent women’s groups and their “proportionality gap” bear most of the blame. Title IX: How a Good Law Went Terribly Wrong 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z But he certainly served as an intransigent advocate for Arnold Schoenberg’s modernist 12-tone technique. He Has Fans, Fame and an Acclaimed ‘Brokeback Mountain’ Opera. So Why Is Charles Wuorinen So Cranky? 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z He has one intransigent figure; she has one intransigent figure, the Negress, who is a witness to the spoils of profit, sexual and monetary, made on black backs. Hilton Als on Giving James Baldwin Back His Body 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z True enough, but Axelrod himself later concedes that Obama has not delivered that fundamental change; Washington today is at least as divided, intransigent and unproductive as on the day Obama was elected. Political consultant David Axelrod delivers in revealing 'Believer' 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z That sense of overcoming intransigent obstacles is an enduring feature of Mr. Jarrett’s myth. Keith Jarrett Confronts a Future Without the Piano 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z The realities of the widespread infertility that spurred the regime's existence suggests that some of the intransigent women might be useful after all. How Darwin’s sexual selection theory co-stars in "The Handmaid’s Tale" 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z With her wigs, a giant knife and a stocked pantry, she declared herself ready for intransigent shrubby weeds in the “the garden, honoring my Jamaican roots, and the apocalypse,” she said. Now’s the Time for Wigs. If You Can Get the Hair for Them. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z When the clock strikes midnight and she must return to California, she presses her husband for that divorce but Thorpe remains intransigent. Woody Allen Reviews a Graphic Tale of a Scandalous Starlet 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z And she can be aggressively intransigent, bordering on zealotry. A Complicated Collaboration for a New ‘Enemy of the People’ 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z But I don't think that many of us are terribly concerned about hi-jinks concocted by intransigent extraterrestrials or precocious simians. Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z In the novel’s most ludicrous scene, Moncrief forces an intransigent chimp to kiss his ring, a gold signet adorned with “a pair of intertwined snakes with tiny rubies for eyes.” Review | T.C. Boyle captures the intersection of folly and progress. This time, it’s the ill-fated Project Nim. 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Both feared a British version of the revolution that had just propelled the intransigent Bourbon Charles X from Rambouillet to his hideaway in Holyrood. Perilous Question: The Drama of the Great Reform Bill 1832 by Antonia Fraser – review 2013-05-03T07:00:17Z As my parents remained intransigent, in their blandly baleful, parentlike way, I had to resort to more exotic ways of slaking my thirst. A Ship Sinks, and a Boy Is Enthralled 2013-08-21T16:31:12Z He represents the most hard-line, intransigent elements of the Big Lie Let's Go Brandon caucus and has never pretended otherwise. Jim Jordan's weekend plan: Wrestle his foes into submission 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Today such a mixture sounds likelier to dress a salad than a lesion—but with antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists are eagerly seeking new ways to fight intransigent infections. Ancient Honey-and-Vinegar Combo Could Actually Treat Infected Wounds 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z His administration has famously made an example of intransigent Huntington Beach, suing the Orange County city for violating state housing laws. Column: State Farm is right. California can't keep building housing in high-risk places 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z The Afrikaners in particular were virulently racist and intransigent, unwilling to share power with the black majority. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The growing rejection of the all-powerful presidency conceived by Charles de Gaulle for the Fifth Republic, after the parliamentary chaos of the Fourth Republic, was fanned by Mr. Macron’s intransigent television interview this week. French Anger Shifts From Pension Law to Focus on Macron 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z Overall, however, Mr. Macron’s intransigent position in his remarks suggested that the dispute over the pension overhaul could last a long time. Macron Denounces Violent Protests, Warning Against ‘Excesses’ 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z In public, both the government and the opposition have appeared largely intransigent. As Judicial Plans Rocks Israel, Secret Talks Seek Compromise 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z "They do not like being told what to do, and will become intransigent 3-year-olds when you ask them to do something from emptying the dishwasher to providing discovery for a divorce," Durvasula observed. The 8 traits that can help you identify a narcissist, according to experts 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z A few were at first a bit taken aback by Good’s intransigent position on McCarthy, not seeing what the fuss was all about. Bob Good, emboldened after speaker fight, gears up for debt limit battle 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z Weinberger, an architect of the military buildup and strategy of confrontation during Reagan’s first term, remained intransigent and distrustful of the Kremlin. Review | An insider’s view of Ronald Reagan’s dysfunctional foreign policy team 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z Those tasks were already going to be difficult with a slim Republican majority and an intransigent right-wing faction bent on slashing spending and debt. Why McCarthy’s Slog to Speaker Could Mean Dysfunction Ahead in the House 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z House is often raucous, the week’s events were almost surreal: vote after vote, defeat after defeat, and eventual success after picking off seemingly intransigent opponents. Chaos in the House: McCarthy’s plea, and begging for votes 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Naval Reserve, where he encountered intransigent racism and racial violence from white cadets. 'Devotion's' director had an ace in the hole: his father, a Black Blue Angel pilot 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z And though Dhingra insists she listens to opposing views and collaborates, we have heard from many Capitol insiders in both parties that she is too often intransigent on contentious issues. The Times recommends: Ryika Hooshangi for state Senate, Legislative District 45 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Albin Kurti, the prime minister of Kosovo, a country that most Serbs insist does not exist, lamented that Mr. Putin had become a patron saint for the most intransigent ethnic Serbs. In One Corner of Kosovo, Cheers Still Ring Out for Putin 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z The second bombing may have been intended to send a message to Stalin, who was becoming intransigent regarding postwar Europe. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z But Trump came to believe the FBI was too intransigent and regularly polled his advisers on whether to fire Wray. As the FBI comes under threat, its leader tries to stay out of fray 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Only a few prominent voices in China openly question the security expansion, warning that it risks locking the country into intransigent policies. In Turbulent Times, Xi Builds a Security Fortress for China, and Himself 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z Critics see her as an intransigent ideologue whose free-market policies frayed social bonds and gutted the country’s industrial communities. Maggie’s legacy: Divisive Thatcher looms over UK Tory race 2022-07-30T04:00:00Z The protests spawn a generation of young activists who will continue to push for greater freedoms against an increasingly intransigent Chinese leadership. Timeline: Hong Kong under 25 years of Chinese rule 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z Ordinary citizens showed that they could exert collective pressure to force even the most intransigent public officials to do the right thing. How a flood from 100 years ago tested the government's ability to respond to climate change 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z David continued to book Hall to play other intransigent men tangling with noncompliant characters, casting him as the tetchy Doctor Morrison on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and as the equally tetchy contractor in “Clear History.” Perspective | Philip Baker Hall’s ‘Seinfeld’ library cop was a performance for the ages 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z No more paychecks that read like personal insults from their intransigent federation. Perspective | It took a revolution, but the U.S. women’s soccer team got what it deserved 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z So far, the Costa Rican president has remained intransigent that the government will pay nothing to the ransomware gang. Costa Rican president says country is ‘at war’ with Conti ransomware group 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In Russia, officials say that it is the Ukrainians that are intransigent, and that they are being egged on to continue the fight by Western leaders. With Ukraine Taking Firmer Stance, Peace Talks Grind to a Halt 2022-05-17T04:00:00Z Though he managed to regain the confidence of the king and queen, Columbus proved to be a courageous but eccentric and intransigent visionary rather than a level-headed colonial governor. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z "It's at least worth asking that question if you're not locked into one intransigent thought." Trevor Noah rips Biden over Saudi, UAE phone-snub report: ‘Would have never happened to Donald Trump’ 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Russia’s official line in the meantime remained intransigent. Russians react with shock, outrage to attack on Ukraine 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis rooted in decades of corruption and mismanagement by an intransigent ruling class. French shipping company wins Beirut port containers contract 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z It consists of a solid bloc, a minority of intransigent, predominantly white and mostly older voters who will allow almost no variety of opinions. Chaos reigns: A Cold War déjà-vu crisis, and a press corps too dumb to understand it 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z After Usery brought both sides to the White House and made suggestions for a settlement, the intransigent stances of both sides left Clinton "exasperated," White House spokesman Mike McCurry said. Spring training threatened, MLB asks for federal mediator 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z After Usery brought both sides to the White House and made suggestions for a settlement, the intransigent stances of both sides left Clinton “exasperated,” White House spokesman Mike McCurry said. Spring training threatened, MLB asks for federal mediator 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z “President Biden is not the obstacle,” Henry said, pointing to the “intransigent Republican caucus in the Senate” who have unified against Biden’s Build Back Better package and his plan to protect voting rights. Biden supporters ‘apoplectic’ one year into his presidency 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z A self-imposed Christmas deadline to pass a $2 trillion social safety net and climate change bill through the Senate came and went, with one senator in particular, Mr. Manchin, looking increasingly intransigent. Congress Ends ‘Horrible Year’ With Divisions as Bitter as Ever 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z However, Bettman, who has long been intransigent on the subject, also said that he planned to meet with representatives of the Quebec government in January, but brushed aside questions. The Arizona Coyotes and Their Long Journey to Nowhere 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z He frequently talked about his year at the Cotulla school, whether in conversation with liberal activists, when lobbying intransigent legislators to support his civil rights bills or in private conversations with friends and family. When a president taught in a segregated school — and it changed history 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z Mr. Khalilzad has been on a public-relations tour of sorts, sitting for numerous interviews in recent weeks to argue that he tried his best to broker peace despite vanishing leverage and an intransigent Afghan government. A Veteran Diplomat, a ‘Tragic Figure,’ Battles Critics in the U.S. and Afghanistan 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z So far China is proving most reluctant to commit to the 1.5 degree ceiling, while India is most intransigent in not pledging net zero emissions by 2050, one of the sources said. G20 split over coal, 1.5 degree climate limit ahead of Rome summit - sources 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z He was formidable and intransigent, and the younger physicians backed down. Perspective | My longtime doctor is retiring. It feels like an essential lifeline is being cut. 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z "Political reporting often portrays progressives as impractical and intransigent, unwilling to make the compromises needed to get things done, while centrists are realistic pragmatists," Krugman explains. Paul Krugman: Moderate Democrats need to "wake up" and realize "we're not in 1999 anymore" 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Israel’s previous government, led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, had denigrated Mr. Abbas as an intransigent inciter of violence and never met with him. In Reversal, Israel’s New Government Engages With Palestinian Authority 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Biden’s team did learn from Franklin Roosevelt, who also faced an intransigent predecessor, albeit not one who sought to overturn an election. Review | How Trump endangered democracy, and how Biden hopes to repair it 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z When vaccines were about to roll out at the end of last year, the president was intransigent, repeatedly saying he wouldn’t receive a shot nor force anyone else to do so. UN rule may be hurdle for Brazil vaccine skeptic Bolsonaro 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z “It is a conundrum of Canadian politics,” she said, “that virtue signaling is one of our favorite stances and global exports, while the meaningful work with Indigenous peoples lags with an intransigent bureaucracy.” After summer of horrific discoveries, Indigenous issues are getting little attention in Canada’s election campaign 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z But Ghani “remained intransigent about reaching a political settlement with the Taliban” and the Taliban also had “a very strong” position against negotiations, he said. Pakistan urges international effort to help Afghanistan 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z He chose rural southwest Mississippi, the most intransigent region of the state, as his target. Bob Moses, 1960s civil rights leader who saw math as road to equality, dies at 86 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z Scott-Heron contrasted the country’s space program with the intransigent poverty and racism of the time. Opinion | The rich men’s space race 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Darren Jones, the Labour MP for Bristol North West who chairs the committee, said members of the scheme would be "deeply disappointed" by the government's "intransigent message". Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Rejection a 'slap in the face' 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Instead, they suggest that a "small group of people who demand something will generally get the compliance of the majority who are indifferent," especially if that small group of people "are intransigent." Don't be fooled by parents' "critical race theory" tantrums — they're a part of the GOP's strategy 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z However, writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Tuesday, Mr Sefcovic denied that the EU had been intransigent over the protocol. Brexit: EU warns UK over Irish Sea border goods checks 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z Tebboune demanded the “immediate and rigorous application of the law” to end such activities, saying, “The state will be intransigent.” Algeria protesters at crossroads as Islamists take spotlight 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Sanders “has had to graduate from being the terrible-tempered intransigent progressive to somebody who has institutional responsibilities,” said Ross Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University who studies the Senate. A new act for Bernie Sanders: Power broker 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z The unusually blunt letter, in which Mr. Blinken asked Mr. Ghani to “understand the urgency of my tone,” reflected American frustration with the Afghan president’s often intransigent stance in stalled peace talks. U.S. Pushes U.N.-Led Peace Conference in Letter to Afghan Leader 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z When members of some more intransigent sects pelted the soldiers with rocks and eggs, they were forcefully restrained by members of some of the more moderate sects. How the Pandemic Nearly Tore Israel Apart 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Civil servants have hunkered in a defensive crouch as Trump and his allies demanded political loyalty, tested their professionalism and called them the intransigent “deep state.” Trump left behind a damaged government. Here’s what Biden faces as he rebuilds it. 2021-02-06T05:00:00Z How could Black people, with their meager economic and material resources, hope to confront such an intransigent system? The Power of Social Justice Movements 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z “This is the same regime, but it is tougher and more intransigent to the demands from society and civil society, and it’s ready to fight,” he said. In Russia, tough new laws and stepped-up defiance abroad mark Putin’s shift toward unfettered control 2020-12-26T05:00:00Z This would allow an intransigent senator to push final passage of the one-week bill into the weekend. Trump signs one-week spending bill to avert midnight shutdown 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z "They become intransigent when there is a camera involved," he said. Is it fair for learner drivers to get points on their licence? 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z “Negotiations are not advancing, because of the intransigent and unrealistic attitude of the United Kingdom,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told his nation’s ambassadors in Paris Monday. France accuses UK of stalling in post-Brexit trade talks 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z “The negotiations are not advancing because of an intransigent and, let’s be clear, unrealistic attitude of the United Kingdom,” Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a speech to French ambassadors based in Europe. France's Le Drian blames Britain's 'attitude' for Brexit talks impasse 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Bending to pressure hasn’t been a characteristic of the famously intransigent speaker. Q&A: What charges might longest serving US speaker face? 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Policing there was a mess: outrageously corrupt, completely ineffective in a city saturated with open-air drug markets and violence, with a useless accountability system and an intransigent union. State violence, a crisis of legitimacy, and the path to true public safety 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z It was the sort of question Whitmer usually steered away from, migrating instead to firmer ground: the intransigent Legislature, the White House, the budget. A Governor on Her Own, With Everything at Stake 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z That journalist ought to have noticed the evidence of intransigent racism clearly visible alongside portents of change. Review | In Lincoln’s Second Inaugural, human suffering and human sympathy 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z The source said Nahle, who only last month signed up to smaller planned cuts, was intransigent over the proposed reductions. Mexican president's nationalist oil vision fuels standoff with Saudis 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z “Nevertheless, polarized and seemingly intransigent negotiating positions and increasingly hardline rhetoric from both limit the scope for near term resolution,” it added. Oil steadies after testing new lows as coronavirus chaos intensifies 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z This polarized and intransigent thinking means that political discourse is breaking down like never before. A Physicist for President? 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z With its intransigent hero, its struggles between Rome’s patricians and plebeians and its austere language, it is more often thought to be a somewhat forbidding work. Hail, Coriolanus! The greatness of Shakespeare's shape-shifting epic 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Although “Better Things” can make the most intransigent adults rethink their teenage arguments with their parents, much of the show’s affability comes from what isn’t said. Pamela Adlon can do it all 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z Its members would need to stand firm in the face of what could be strong opposition from partisans who prefer politicians who take intransigent positions over those who champion a legislative process that celebrates compromise. Opinion | 70 former U.S. senators: The Senate is failing to perform its constitutional duties 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z According to corporate education reformers, our country’s education crisis is produced not by systematic underfunding and social inequality, but rather by the inherent inefficiencies of the public sector, intransigent unions, and bad teachers. Michael Bloomberg's education 'reforms' would be a disaster for public schools | Dr Heather Gautney and Eric Blanc 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The epic “Mathilda” begins with acoustic guitar and Caws singing about the complications of growing up different amid intransigent societal norms, as the various elements are accompanied by changes to the song’s tempo and dynamics. Review: Nada Surf’s ‘Never Not Together’ is pensive, melodic 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Surprisingly, perhaps, this was an answer that many city officials, frustrated with their own intransigent development processes, endorsed. California, Mired in a Housing Crisis, Rejects an Effort to Ease It 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The leaders of the two countries are both hasty, intransigent, and not very well informed about the other side’s goals. The Future of America’s Contest with China 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z When several hundred intransigent Moros climbed into another crater atop Bud Bagsak, Pershing, who’d criticized Wood’s earlier methods and was once again in command, tried to launch a more humane operation. Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on tribal islamists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z Legal scholars quickly debunked Mr. Cipollone’s argument that previous presidents have been similarly intransigent. Opinion | If Trump has a substantive defense, he should send advisers to testify 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z When, during her brief stint as international trade minister, intransigent parties in Belgium held up a massive free trade deal between Canada and Europe, Freeland simply walked away. Chrystia Freeland: Canada's new deputy PM who could prove crucial for Trudeau 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z A Fox News under James Murdoch could still be conservative, but would almost certainly be less intransigent on issues like climate change. Kathryn Murdoch Steps Out of the Family Shadow to Fight Climate Change 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z This is why it is so important that progressive Democrats are elected next year and, instead of trying to changing intransigent minds, we start changing the entire system. Will Brett Kavanaugh be impeached? Don’t hold your breath | Arwa Mahdawi 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z Still, no matter how aggressive the general was, his operations never pacified the proud, intransigent Moros. Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on tribal islamists 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z The tense standoff between two proud and intransigent forces is certain to either reinforce or obliterate the cultural freedom that lies at the core of Hong Kong’s identity. Opinion | Hong Kong’s cultural independence is at risk. If it dies, the rest of us will lose, too. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z He said at one point that the foot was “intransigent”, and there was something terribly resigned and rueful in his tone. Dying the Christian Science way: the horror of my father’s last days 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Attempts to strike a ceasefire between both sides, which each lay claim to ruling the country, have so far failed, and regional powers backing Haftar and Sarraj appear more intransigent than ever. Trump officials snub strongman Khalifa Haftar as US shifts course on Libya 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Similarly repetitive and ridiculous are the many scenes of heroic scientists confronting intransigent bureaucrats by explicitly criticizing the Soviet system of decision-making. What HBO’s “Chernobyl” Got Right, and What It Got Terribly Wrong 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z She needs to light another match to set fire to a particularly intransigent section and get the whole thing going. “Javi” 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z By the stirrings of her own hardened, intransigent soul?—that her time, finally, was up. Theresa May Resigns, Forever Stained by Brexit 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Or that in the end some form of censure is the better disposition in light of intransigent Republican control of the Senate. Opinion | Democrats’ obsession with redaction is obscuring the obvious: Trump committed high crime 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z But when it comes to trade, Mr. French said that the Trump administration had been intransigent about their tariff concerns. Trump Increases China Tariffs as Trade Deal Hangs in the Balance 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z It also, to the chagrin of those of us struggling with intransigent and deep-rooted diseases, means not just talking about food in a positive way, but eating it freely as well. Perspective | I am terrified my newborn girl will inherit my 22-year-long eating disorder 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z During the full meeting of the 1922 Committee that followed the executive’s decision, Tory MPs urged some of their more intransigent colleagues to back the prime minister’s deal and swerve the EU elections. Theresa May survives attempt to allow early no-confidence vote 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Her proposal of canceling student debt and ensuring free college seems contingent on the passage of a millionaire’s tax that, barring a miracle, is likely to be stymied by an intransigent Congress. Elizabeth Warren's plan to end student debt is glorious. We can make it a reality | Astra Taylor 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z He will now likely form a government even more extreme and intransigent than the last, which was the most racist in Israel’s history. I co-founded the BDS movement. Why was I denied entry to the US? | Omar Barghouti 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z No compromise can possibly satisfy all these reasonable, intransigent demands. Opinion | The Irish border is illogical — just like Brexit 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z That demands compromise in what too often is an intransigent debate with no middle ground. My Patient Was Suicidal, and His Step-Father Wouldn't Remove the Family Gun Collection 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z And among sectors of the fossil-fuel business, coal producers have been among the most intransigent when it comes to addressing — or at least acknowledging — climate change. Analysis | The Energy 202: One of world's biggest coal miners caps production amid climate concerns 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Sarri is notably intransigent, insisting on trying to play his way whatever the circumstances but this, surely, is an occasion for compromise. Premier League team news and more: weekend football countdown – live! 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z It presents the opposition, and the US, as intransigent for continuing to call for fresh elections. Why Russia has so much to lose in Venezuela 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z As recently as Thursday, Republicans indicated that they thought they might be able to break Democrats apart by painting Pelosi as intransigent and unwilling to negotiate on the wall. ‘Pelosi does not mess around’: Democratic speaker emerges triumphant from shutdown 2019-01-26T05:00:00Z Before the speakers start, the audience is shown a film about how intransigent the EU has been in negotiating Brexit. ‘We're reactivating the people’s army’: inside the battle for a hard Brexit 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Zinni told CBS News that he had found intransigent regional leaders refusing “to agree to a viable mediation effort that we offered to conduct or assist in implementing.” Trump team launches an eight-nation Middle East trip to explain, convince, reassure 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z He used that approach during recent talks with Canada and Mexico to revise the North American Free Trade Agreement, criticizing foreign counterparts as intransigent and characterizing complaints by American businesses as pure greed. As China Talks Begin, Trump’s Trade Negotiator Tries to Keep President From Wavering 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z If or when such crisis points arrive, even the most intransigent Eurosceptic may finally grasp the inescapability of Britain’s European ties and the true worth of European unity. Outside the EU, Britain faces a bleak future in Trump’s world | Simon Tisdall 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z The fact is a growing number of retiring or defeated Republicans are skipping votes and are either uninterested or intransigent. Opinion | This shutdown might be different 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z She remained at loggerheads, however, with a more intransigent group that has taken aim at the party leadership, calling for a shake-up of a top echelon inhabited by three lawmakers in their late 70s. Democrats nominate Pelosi for speaker, a show of strength to be tested in the next Congress 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z In a closed-door meeting with the incoming freshman Democrats on Tuesday, Ms. Pelosi walked a fine line, acknowledging their “idealism, integrity and imagination” while warning of the risks of being intransigent. In Courting New Liberals, Pelosi Runs a Risk: A Freedom Caucus of the Left 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “They want to ban Islam because they say it’s a form of fascism. These are very extreme, intransigent positions, and certainly not in harmony with democracy.” 'He's so openly racist': why does Iowa keep electing Steve King to congress? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Responding to MPs' questions, Mr Raab also accused the EU of taking a "deliberately intransigent approach in the negotiations" and urged them to match what he said was the UK's "pragmatism and imagination". UK 'must be ready for any Calais go-slow' 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z With such an impeccable presentation of such an intransigent personality, it is hard to deny her that. Review: Melissa McCarthy turns a malcontent into fascinating company in 'Can You Ever Forgive Me?' - Los Angeles Times A dozen years ago, he’d wanted to buy it, but the current owner, a farmer, resisted, and the more money Yan offered the more intransigent the farmer became. Yan Lianke’s Forbidden Satires of China 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z Ford has considerable leverage: If the Senate Republicans appear intransigent and reject her conditions, television networks would surely bid for the opportunity to have her tell her story on air. A high-stakes game of chicken over the Supreme Court - Los Angeles Times 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Here are five of the most intransigent myths. Perspective | Five myths about anger 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z At this point, you’d have to be the most intransigent of rockists to think the canon – as defined by its previous iterations – has any meaning at all. Bland on Blonde: why the old rock music canon is finished 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Although Kudlow called China intransigent, he said there were hints of both sides being able to get back around the negotiating table. China warns of tariffs on imported US goods worth $60bn 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z The pope has been up against an intransigent church bureaucracy. Pope Francis has utterly failed to tackle the church’s abuse scandal | Catherine Pepinster 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z Circuit acknowledged in 1973, they couldn’t be enforced against an intransigent president. Perspective | Mueller could subpoena Trump. But it’s not worth the chaos that would follow. 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z “What we’re seeing develop is that companies will seek exemptions and waivers, but the American stance is so intransigent on the question that we think it’s unlikely they will be granted,” he said. French business chief in Iran sees bleak prospects for European firms 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z But facing intransigent unions at home and competition from abroad, the airline’s financial fizz is rapidly going flat. Air France-KLM is being brought to its knees by its unions 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Trump seemed amenable at the time, but later, Meyers told Politico, he made an intransigent demand: Seth Meyers invited Trump to be a guest on his show. Trump wanted an apology first. 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z The diplomats met under the cloud of crises and intransigent problems around the world. Russia, Iran at forefront of concerns as diplomats from leading democracies meet 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Denis is a writer and director with a ferociously individual vision: her output is unpredictable, sometimes intransigently tough. Claire Denis: ‘I couldn’t care less about the Weinstein affair' 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Others argue that hearts and minds would have proved more intransigent without their pyrotechnics. What modern campaigners can learn from the fight for women’s suffrage 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Growing instability across Congo comes against the backdrop of an increasingly intransigent president. Caught in Congo’s tides of war: Renewed violence forces 40,000 to flee to Uganda 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Germany has been particularly intransigent on this issue, as well as on Washington’s call for Europe to designate Hezbollah’s military and political wings as a terrorist organization—a longstanding and bipartisan American request. Europe Will Now Decide if the Iran Deal Survives 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z Cities throughout the western and southern US, such as San Diego, face a dilemma: they are grappling with visible, intransigent street homelessness, and the supply of affordable housing is meager and increasing only slowly. San Diego unveils unorthodox homelessness solution: big tents 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z When Republicans refuse to even consider legislation proposed by Democrats, their intransigent bi-partisanship will continually be exposed. White House Prepares to Formalize Tariffs but Floats Exemptions 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z He grew testy at times, sparring with Republicans he argued were being intransigent. Live From the West Wing, Trump Pulls Back the Curtain 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z “He is putting a friendly face on a rigid, intransigent, caucus that is not going to give Republicans a vote on any compromise,” he said. Joe Kennedy III to deliver State of the Union response speech 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z Baby manuals seem to offer all the promise of self-help books, minus the challenges posed by the frustratingly intransigent obstacle of your existing self. The diabolical genius of the baby advice industry 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Unfortunately, Pakistan’s all-powerful military remains intransigent and in denial. Pakistan’s ‘double game’ manipulation of U.S. will — and should — end soon 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z It’s not because “both parties” are intransigent or because “both parties” have moved to the “extremes.” Opinion | Trump’s accidental moment of truth 2018-01-10T05:00:00Z But both sides remained intransigent, setting the stage for conflict. Kenya's political crisis deepens as opposition poll boycott bites 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z With limited options, Seagroves admitted that his office is often pleased to see negative press coverage of the issue that he hopes will embarrass intransigent nations into action. What can be done about the abandoned embassy next door? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z But despite the familiar complaints about the government in Madrid – too selfish, too greedy, too intransigent – there was a sense of optimism, too. Catalan referendum: 'Police threw us aside … and more vanloads arrived' 2017-10-01T04:00:00Z “You can only do so much to confer with people who are being intransigent.” Trump’s blue slip problem 2017-09-25T04:00:00Z Another problem is that foreign pressure on her to stop the Rohingya crisis seems to have made her even more intransigent. Perspective | Why Aung San Suu Kyi isn’t protecting the Rohingya in Burma 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Macron urged “intransigent” policies toward Pyongyang to avoid further escalation, and said France is ready to do “everything possible … to bring Pyongyang to the table.” The Latest: French leader urges tough stance against NKorea 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z But the problem, as Goldstone and Turchin explain it, was deeper and more intransigent than their solution could address. Trump's reversal on Afghanistan heightens the contradictions — his and ours 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Corey Stewart, a conservative immigration activist in Virginia who nearly captured the party’s nomination for governor this year, encouraged Mr. Trump to take the fight more aggressively to intransigent Republicans. Republicans Worry That White House Disarray Is Undermining Trump 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z But when reporters don’t buy their line, the Wall Street answer is to get intransigent journalists removed from stories. Perspective | Scaramucci learned his press tactics from Wall Street. They’ll only get uglier. 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Maybe you imagine a noisily assertive Baptist, a beleaguered but intransigent Catholic nun, a militant rabbi or imam, or even a peyote-ingesting Native American. ‘God’s ACLU’ Seeks Freedom for the Faithful 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z But intransigent Republican opposition – and a groundswell of political activism in the wake of Trump’s election – derailed that timeline. Republican senators return to work on healthcare bill amid resistance 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z But there were so many different problems at Uber that you’d have to be comically naïve to conclude they all stemmed from an intransigent rival. Uber’s Lesson: Silicon Valley’s Start-Up Machine Needs Fixing 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z “Even the most intransigent of them, when they’re given evidence of something really problematic, they do respond,” he said. How one major internet company helps serve up hate on the web 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z There are mounting fears that the intransigent position of European leaders is encouraging the hardliners in Britain who are threatening to walk away with no deal. Britain’s divorce bill must be settled before Brexit talks, says Angela Merkel 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z If so, that will be the fault of intransigent Richmond Republicans, whose position on the issue is now even less defensible than it used to be. Opinion | Virginia Republicans’ position on Medicaid expansion is indefensible 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z And once again, there are concerns on the British side that the French will prove the most intransigent. History points to protracted and tough Brexit negotiations 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Instead, leaders are hoping to put together a spending bill that can win approval from enough Democrats to render negotiations with most intransigent conservatives unnecessary. Hill Republicans trying to avert a shutdown need Democrats — and Trump 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z And she says the second intransigent leader is Theresa May. Daily Mail refuses to apologise and tells 'po-faced' leftwingers to get sense of humour - Politics live 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z The promise of “one country, two systems” has always been an unhappy compromise, one that pits the People’s Republic of China’s intransigent Communist Party against Hong Kong’s scrappy pan-democratic camp. ‘A selection, not an election’: Pro-Beijing committee picks loyalist to lead Hong Kong 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z “We are not intransigent warlords. We want to unify and rebuild Afghanistan.” Afghanistan wooed a fugitive warlord, aiming to lure the Taliban, too. Now the deal is stuck. 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The House Freedom Caucus for being intransigent, obviously. If Trumpcare isn’t dead, it’s critical — and Republicans have no one to blame but themselves 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z The health-reform melee marks Trump’s first true encounter with congressional realities and the realization that a president’s power is less limitless than it appears, particularly in the face of an intransigent voting bloc. Famous dealmaker struggles as he encounter a hard no 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z She says there are two intransigent leaders in this. Daily Mail refuses to apologise and tells 'po-faced' leftwingers to get sense of humour - Politics live 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the American Action Network, a group with close ties to Ryan, said it would launch television ads in more than two dozen media markets urging intransigent conservatives to support the plan. Obamacare revision clears two House committees as Trump, others tried to tamp down backlash 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z It also would allow House Republican leaders to flex their legislative muscles in the face of their intransigent right wing. Opinion | An Obamacare repeal that’s both heartless and reckless 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Kiselyov also suggested that “intransigent radical liberals” who oppose Trump are “plotting a revolution” against the U.S. president. Kremlin: Trump's wiretap claim purely a 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Eight years later, both are still in place, only weaker and even more intransigent than before. Opinion | Trump has a new idea for Middle East peace! Except it isn’t new at all. 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Short, balding and athletic, Yaschenko has an easy grin and mixes intransigent patriotism with a subversive sense of humour and the air of an ageing lothario. Ukraine's frontline dentists: 'This is how I serve my country' 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z Mr Obama issued his most controversial executive orders in an attempt to work around gridlock in Congress caused by intransigent Republican opposition. Trump in office: What are presidential executive orders? - BBC News 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z And they will also remember him as a man who got a lot done in eight years, even when facing an entrenched, intransigent opposition. Donna Brazile: America Should Be Proud of Barack Obama 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z It has left Obama particularly exposed to the arrival of an even more intransigent Republican in the White House this month. Obama's second term: a president faces the limits of his power 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z During the meeting, Evans bristled at suggestions that the District was being intransigent by refusing to support the two-year plan. Metro board committee advances plan for late-night service cuts 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Misogyny on the Internet has proved notoriously intransigent. The Attorney Fighting Revenge Porn 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z They are the most strident, intransigent and demanding, he explains, the most likely to push presidents beyond where they planned to go. Donald Trump’s celebrity won him the White House. It could destroy his presidency. 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Should Trump run into the familiar roadblock of an intransigent Congress, he does have the final resort adopted by Obama: to bypass Congress by using his executive powers. One-party control of Washington hands Trump enviable power 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z It allowed him to bypass intransigent Republicans in the House and get stuff done with the stroke of a pen, or 235 strokes of a pen to be precise. President Trump likely to jeopardize Obama's legislative legacy 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z The populists express these neglected concerns and frame them in a politics that pits the people against an intransigent elite. Us v Them: the birth of populism | John B Judis | the long read 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Her popularity was both high and steady, especially compared to Obama’s sharp drop-off early in his first term, as he faced increasingly intransigent GOP opposition. Why the “two historically unpopular candidates” meme is a sham — one that boosts Donald Trump 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Despite the incremental improvements, however, corruption remains one of Afghanistan's most intransigent problems, and is regularly cited by ordinary people in opinion polls as one of their main concerns, along with security. Afghanistan seeks $3B in aid as corruption concerns persist 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z Despite the incremental improvements, however, corruption remains one of Afghanistan’s most intransigent problems, and is regularly cited by ordinary people in opinion polls as one of their main concerns, along with security. Afghanistan seeks $3B in aid as corruption concerns persist 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z One snarling white face, that of 15-year-old Hazel Bryan, became the symbol of intransigent racial bigotry. The Mystery at the Heart of Great Photographs 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z The feds are being intransigent, but they control the purse strings on this matter. Tennessee editorial roundup 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z He described the lobster as “intransigently chewy”; a mushroom bouillon was “as murky and appealing as bong water.” Pete Wells Has His Knives Out 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z It’s time to bring pragmatic, bipartisan governance back to Kansas, and the Republican voters who selected moderates over their intransigent conservative rivals deserve credit for moving our state in that direction. Recent Kansas Editorials 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z It's the NYT's duty to report broadly and truthfully, not to court intransigent readers. Why Readers See The Times as Liberal 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Mr Netanyahu appears intransigent; Palestinian leaders are seen as divided, ineffective and corrupt. The enemy of my enemies 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Thursday's ruling could buoy calls to bar all Russian athletes from the games completely, in light of numerous investigations alleging an organized, intransigent doping and corruption culture in the country's athletics. Russia Loses Olympic Track and Field Appeal 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z But on migration — not the challenge of refugees, but on the key issue of whether citizens of EU nations should be allowed U.K. social benefits like payments to families or unemployment — he is intransigent. EU's new crises raise questions about what more can be done 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Whether that is true, the sit-ins both of eight years ago and this week demonstrate just how intransigent both sides are, and how politics is now less about accomplishment and more about theater. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z Regrettably, the human-rights groups were intransigent, and most of us in the military concluded that we shouldn’t spend scarce dollars on systems that would never be used. How the Red Cross Killed Non-Lethal Weapons 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z The senator also said Red Cross officials were reluctant to cooperate and even intransigent when investigators asked for documents. Senator lambasts American Red Cross's use of Haiti aid money 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z “He’s got a reputation as being very hardline and very intransigent,” Lau said of her Communist party interlocutor. Hong Kong surprised by conciliatory tone of China's visiting 'enforcer' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z Another, Russia, has lately become openly intransigent, not only vetoing the establishment of new protected areas but questioning the very authority of the convention to establish them. A Voyage to the End of the World 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z With dire shortages of basic goods, a looming foreign debt payment, horrific street crime and intransigent political divisions, Venezuela is in danger of collapsing into waves of deadly violence, U.S. intelligence officials warned Friday. U.S. intelligence warns of Venezuela collapse 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z “But there is always a portion of people who are too intransigent to understand such basic rights, even in a democratic country like Spain.” Anti-Semitic Graffiti Appears After Spanish Village Changes Its Name 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z They highlighted intransigent prejudice and the race-specific discrimination faced by blacks, such as restrictive housing covenants, even as they documented the rich cultural life within the ghetto. Evolution of a place called the ghetto 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Even reasonable balanced mixed-use development is opposed because wealthy and intransigent hillside dwellers above object to any builing over three stories because that ruins their view. In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Unions were forced to become confrontational when Capital became intransigent to the point of violence a century ago. A Wealthy Governor and His Friends Are Remaking Illinois 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z “In that, I’m going to be intransigent. In education, everyone’s going to comply with the law.” A young political star in Mexico takes on a major battle: Fixing the nation’s schools 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z An intransigent PKK offshoot, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement published on its website Thursday. New generation of more radical youth emerges in the Kurdish region of Turkey 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Assad’s envoys appeared as intransigent as ever this week in Geneva. Russia could redeploy to Syria in hours, Putin says 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z “Their interactions with us were in intransigent, misleading and contentious,” Ms. McCarthy’s opening statement says. Live Updates: House Hearing on the Water Crisis in Flint 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z The nomination is playing out against an especially fraught backdrop, with the election in November and Republicans in the Senate seemingly intransigent in their insistence on blocking any nominee’s path to the court. Merrick Garland, the “holy sh*t” nominee: Why Obama’s Supreme Court nomination is so surprising — and frustrating 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z Frank acknowledges the power of intransigent congressional Republicans, but insists Obama could have better used the executive branch to “do big and consequential things about inequality.” The liberal war over the Obama legacy has already begun 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Hillary Clinton replies that that’s a pipe dream and points to how hard it is to make even incremental progress against an intransigent Republican Congress. The Democrats are about to blow it: This election is about new millennials, not aging baby boomers 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z On the other hand, if North Korea’s regime proves intransigent, China could be tasked with overseeing a prolonged economic siege. Forcing China’s hand on North Korea sanctions 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z But Mr Singer’s Elliott Management led the most intransigent group; an agreement with them is the real prize. At last 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z “We haven’t been intransigent, there isn’t an impasse,” said Michael Spencer, a lawyer who represents another group of individual bondholders and small funds contesting Argentina’s offer. Argentina’s Hedge Fund Deal Frustrates Small Bondholders 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z That made the Taliban and their Pakistani backers intransigent; they knew that all they had to do was wait. Obama Courts Chaos With His Taliban Fantasy 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z He explains that the Republican Party split in two in the 1930s, with one part following Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio into intransigent opposition to business regulation and social welfare legislation. Charting the long course of the Republicans’ sharp right turn 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The British Museum, long intransigent on repatriating treasures such as the Parthenon marbles to their original owners, has entered detailed negotiations with a Victorian Aboriginal clan about potentially returning its sacred artefacts from London. Battle for bark art: Indigenous leaders hail breakthrough in talks with British Museum 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Former moderates have been driven into the hands of increasingly intransigent separatists, detractors say. A new Shenzhen? Poor Pakistan fishing town's horror at Chinese plans 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The Republican primary field dominated by an authoritarian carnival barker and a senator so unyielding that even the deeply stubborn conservative men who run the chamber find him too intransigent. “It’s going to be hard to change the Republican party”: E.J. Dionne explains how the right went wrong — and helped create Donald Trump and Ted Cruz 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Either Sanders or Clinton would face an intransigent Republican Congress, as Obama did. Clinton Campaign Underestimated Sanders Strengths, Allies Say 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z Axel Kicillof, Mrs. Kirchner’s former finance minister and a current congressman, described the holdout creditors as “intransigent” and their demands for full payment “unfair.” Argentina Seeks to End Dispute With Creditors 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z Their common ground was simple: they believed the British Museum was intransigent on the barks because returning them to Australia would set a precedent for returning other objects, such as the Parthenon marbles. Battle for bark art: Indigenous leaders hail breakthrough in talks with British Museum 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Likewise, Harry Truman, who also faced an intransigent "do-nothing" Congress in 1947, used executive orders at half the rate of his predecessor. Guns Are Beyond Obama's Reach 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z The first reason is the intransigent nature of the Syrian civil war. What caused the refugee crisis? You asked Google - here's the answer | Patrick Kingsley 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z Is there anyone in the country, period, not intransigently locked into his or her opinions? Dissensus, the Spirit of Our Age 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z The answer, as Mr. Reid well knows, is that the holds are proving to be one of the Republican Senate majority’s best means of negotiating with this intransigent White House. The GOP’s Submission Hold 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z “You make me anxious and cross,” he scolds—she is being intransigent. Nabokov’s Silent Partner 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z But when reporters tried to turn the questions back to Carson, he was intransigent. Ben Carson Lashes Out at West Point Coverage 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Instead, he struggled to gain control over a city beset by financial problems, intransigent unions and crumbling infrastructure. Ignazio Marino to Step Down as Rome’s Mayor 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z Instead, he has struggled to gain control over a city beset by financial problems, intransigent unions and crumbling infrastructure. Rome’s Mayor Withdraws His Resignation 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Using emergency declarations to tackle intransigent homeless crises is “a new phenomenon”, according to Maria Foscarinis, executive director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. Hawaii follows Los Angeles in declaring state of emergency over homelessness 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z First, he started to feel tired and developed an intransigent rash on the back of his neck. Zika Disease: Another Reason to Hate Mosquitoes 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement One of the most intransigent countries in the migration crisis has been Hungary, which has become a front line for migrants seeking asylum elsewhere like Germany. E.U. Ministers to Meet on Plan to Distribute Refugees 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z The PCP, an ardent critic of the government, is hoping to profit from its hard, intransigent rhetoric. Portuguese Communist party on course for election success 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z A few weekends canvassing the views of typical Britons—unimpressed and upwardly mobile—and listening, really listening, to what they say, might open the eyes of all but the most intransigent Corbynista. The land that Labour forgot 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z They had never seen her so intransigent before, but they had also never believed themselves to be so close to the birth of a cub. Everything you always wanted to know about panda sex (but were afraid to ask) | Sam Knight 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z I’m a Notre Dame graduate, season ticket holder and intransigent Fighting Irish fan. College football isn’t about college, and it’s barely about football. It’s about money. 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Her remarks do not inspire confidence that she has a strategy for dealing with the intransigent Castro dictatorship. Clinton Needs to Read Up on the Castros 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z But this will not happen if intransigent intermediaries are successful at keeping markets closed for their own benefit and to the detriment of retail and institutional investors. Overlooking the Other Sources of Liquidity 2015-07-26T04:00:00Z What about those who argued that Obama should have employed more diplomatic, economic or military leverage to get a “better deal” from the intransigent Iranians? Obama says only alternative to a nuclear deal with Iran is war 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z This history should remind us that the left-wing case for a British exit from the EU still exists, and that Labour’s pro-EU stance is by no means an intransigent position. The EU Stands For Austerity, And Labour Faces A Dilemma 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z As the clashes with Houthi tribesmen continue, supporters of al-Hirak are growing increasingly intransigent in their desire to disassociate from a corrupt and repressive northern government. A Way Out For Yemen 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z The culture minister, Mr. Xydakis, complained that Greece faced an “intransigent Germany,” adding: “We will have to see how we will survive in this very tough framework.” Greece Struggles to Rally Support for Its Proposals 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It seemed certain to make the captors more intransigent and the U.S. government even less willing to act on the families’ behalf. The Secret Effort to Save the ISIS Hostages 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z A series of disastrous meetings with an intransigent Jinnah soon convinced him that the Muslim League leader was “a psychopathic case,” impervious to negotiation. The Mutual Genocide of Indian Partition 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z Lummis, a deputy whip and a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was perhaps the whip team’s highest-ranking bridge to the conference’s most intransigent members. Boehner not above playing a little hardball 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z Prior to the attack, the leaders of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb wrote to him, scolding him as one might chide an intransigent employee. Jihadist Believed Killed By U.S Airstrike Had Been Eclipsed by ISIS 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z What I do know is that because men are intransigent in their clothes buying habits it’s harder to lose them as customers. J.Crew Or J.Screwed? 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Some of Cameron’s troubles stem from the intransigent beliefs of the Eurosceptics, but some stem also from his incompetence in managing the party he leads. For David Cameron, The EU Debate Heats Up 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z Burnham would place the party above the cause and intransigent partisanship above cooperation towards a mutually advantageous end. Andy Burnham, Don't Campaign Alone On Europe 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z “The lack of an agreement so far is not due to the supposed intransigent, uncompromising and incomprehensible Greek stance,” he wrote. Tsipras lambasts 'absurd proposals' of creditors for Greece debt-deal failure 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z After being labeled “intransigent” by the Democratic governor Sunday afternoon, Republican House Speaker Kurt Daudt faulted Dayton for not building up enough support for his top priority in the Legislature. As lawmakers battle budget deadline, impact becomes clearer 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z And if the law was ridiculous it was also intransigent. Sex and the Supreme Court 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Has Roe v Wade helped intransigent pro-life politicians to dismiss the issue as "the law of the land" and thus to abandon that "unpopular"... Why a Ruling for Same-Sex Marriage Would Help Republicans 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s the White House, however, that welcome greater international engagement, but faces an intransigent Congress run by a far-right party. The race for 21st-century primacy 2015-04-20T04:00:00Z But recently those divisions became too great to ignore and now Ms Le Pen is faced with a dilemma over what to do with her intransigent and openly rebellious father. Le Pen family drama: Curtains for Jean Marie? 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z More than six years later, he has arrived at a moment of truth in testing that proposition with one of the nation’s most intransigent adversaries. A Foreign Policy Gamble by Obama at a Moment of Truth 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Just days ago, Iran seemed intransigent on several major issues. Preliminary Nuclear Deal Appears Close, but Tough Issues May Wait 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Igad, he said, would use "all influence" at its disposal "to convince those that remain intransigent" - an apparent reference to imposing sanctions on the leadership on both sides. S Sudan talks failure 'unacceptable' 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z It is also a likely result of the more reactionary and intransigent Muslim responses to images of Muhammad in the wake of the Danish cartoon controversy. Reclaiming the Prophet Muhammad in Iran Over the years, Abdullah gained a reputation as a moderate reformer, a leader who guided Saudi Arabia into the World Trade Organization and began to address some of the kingdom’s most intransigent social troubles. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah dies age 90 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z While intimidating and intransigent on some things, Belichick has been willing to make tectonic shifts in team strategy and tactics. Patriots Success Due To Bill Brady and Tom Belichick 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Once again, it fell to Kelly to shut an intransigent Republican down. The Megyn Kelly Moment 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z "France wants a definitive agreement, but with a clear line: yes for Iran to have civilian nuclear power, but no to military nuclear power. We will be intransigent on this principle." Kerry, Iran's Zarif meet again in Paris to narrow nuclear gaps 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z But just how intransigent are those who express repugnance? Organ Markets, Sacred Values, and the Power of Information 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Iranian officials insist that it is not they, but Western officials, who are intransigent. Nuclear talks in Geneva will be test of Iran's flexibility 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z For their part, the Israelis say that it is the Palestinians who have walked away from peace offers and are the intransigent party. With talks on ice, Palestinians’ Mahmoud Abbas declares diplomatic war on Israel 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z That’s how intransigent Griffin has been, and how much of a project he remains. Robert Griffin III showing progress a cause for hope, not celebration, for Redskins 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Angered by the opposition, President Obama and gun control advocates vowed to defeat intransigent lawmakers, but the threats rang hollow. Carolyn McCarthy, public face of the gun control movement, is leaving Congress But the Obama administration proved to be as intransigent as its predecessor, thwarting the efforts of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, whose party was divided. U.S. Filled Okinawa With Bases And Japan Kept Them There: Okinawans Again Say No 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Obama was never going to placate all sides by going it alone, a move he says was forced upon him by hostile, intransigent Republicans in Congress. Immigration debate explodes despite voter desire for change 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Arguably, a more intransigent form of protected-area failure is government changes, through policy, that open up sites to resource extraction, or partial or full 'degazettement'. The performance and potential of protected areas : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The GOP hasn’t been intransigent on economic stimulus, unemployment benefits, immigration reform, climate change, or any other issue because it’s waiting for the right conditions to emerge before the party can begin cooperating with Obama. Beltway’s bipartisanship fetish reaches new heights of absurdity 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Senate this year, setting up a final two years in which both chambers of Congress are controlled by an intransigent opposition. Wall Street Journal columnist tells Obama how to save his presidency: Ring up George W. Bush! 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z Cities deliver the random exchanges of insight that generate new ideas for solving the most intransigent problems. Engines of Innovation 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z Both prove to be frustratingly intransigent, with only small signs of hope. In 'Doctored,' Shortcomings of Health Care and Doctor 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z But labor was too intransigent, the government bureaucracy too cumbersome and entrenched. The Battle for New York Schools: Eva Moskowitz vs. Mayor Bill de Blasio 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z The GOP has been intransigent because its lawmakers genuinely hold hard-right positions on those issues. Beltway’s bipartisanship fetish reaches new heights of absurdity 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The prospect of resolving the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict, already a long shot, was dealt a significant setback, many experts believe, with both sides dug deeper into intransigent, irreconcilable positions. 50 Days of War Leave Israelis and Palestinians Only More Entrenched 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z These unpredictable and perhaps intransigent views and expectations may be Food 2.0’s most daunting challenge. Rethinking Eating 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z They believe the West will always offer more if they are intransigent, and so their leadership radicalizes public opinion. Anti-Semitic History Is Greatest Obstacle to Peace for Israel, Palestinians 2014-08-20T04:00:00Z Sullivan called the position taken by Republican lawmakers “intransigent and shortsighted and, frankly, contrary to what would make good policy from both a health-care and fiscal perspective.” Issues in Virginia legislative race include abortion, Medicaid, streetcar Hamas was tarred as intransigent when it immediately rejected it, and Cairo has continued to insist that its proposal remains the starting point for any further discussions. Fighting Political Islam, Arab States Find Themselves Allied With Israel 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, every violent action on one side empowers the most intransigent, hardline politicians on the other. Israel and Palestinians Seem to Have No Endgame in Gaza 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z The impeachment then crystallized the public view of the GOP as intransigent and overly political, polls indicated. Republicans might impeach Obama over immigration, top aide predicts 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z “If you know that both sides are going to be intransigent, you can’t be a broker.” After Brief Lull in Gaza Crisis, Airstrikes Resume 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z "If it's the United States that seems intransigent, Iran can make the case that it deserves sanctions relief," said Alireza Nader, an Iran specialist at Rand Corp. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Zarif employs a disarming charm 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Fourth, expending effort to talk to intransigent Chinese officials means we spend less time with our allies and friends. 4 Reasons To Stop Talking To China--Now 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Sure, your candidates didn’t win, but overall you Tea Party types are doing a pretty good job at grinding government to a halt and getting incumbent Republicans to act like self-destructive, intransigent fools. The Tea Party lost in Mississippi, but that doesn’t mean it’s losing 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Each side accused the other of being intransigent. With Nuclear Talks Sputtering, U.S. and Iran Plan Meeting 2014-06-07T04:00:00Z Tea Party movement most closely resembles its total ideological opposite – Russia’s intransigent Bolshevik Party. America’s red dawn: The Bolshevik roots of the Tea Party 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z It would be fun to turn what follows into a lengthy tale, one in which the Haggler’s swashbuckling tactics, cunning and perseverance triumph over an intransigent bureaucracy. The Haggler: The Health Insurance Answer That Took 3 Months 2014-03-29T16:12:07Z Washington calls Moscow intransigent because Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, decline to talk to the self-appointed government in Kiev, which Putin refuses to recognize. Propaganda, lies and the New York Times: Everything you really need to know about Ukraine 2014-03-12T22:59:00Z So, if anything, Standard Life may have reinforced the intransigent stance of Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems against forming a partnership with an independent Scotland on stewardship of money and finance. Is Standard Life alone? 2014-02-27T14:00:33Z Such an intransigent stance was “not good for the process,” or for Syria, he added. Syrian Talks Grind to a Halt 2014-02-15T15:05:29Z The power of an intransigent minority of senators to block the president’s choices was severely curtailed in November last year, when Senate Democrats scrapped the filibuster for most appointments. Presidential power: Obama rebuked 2014-01-16T16:00:02Z But Avi Shlaim, emeritus professor of international relations at Oxford University, his legacy "has been to empower and embolden some of the most racist, xenophobic, expansionist and intransigent elements in Israel's dysfunctional political system". 'Maddie arrests' and obesity warning 2014-01-13T04:46:00Z Eventually, the intransigent attitude of the British authorities, coupled with the burden of taxes levied on the settlers by the British government, led to a complete break with Britain. The pre-history of the US dollar 2013-12-02T01:55:35Z France has traditionally taken a tougher line on Iran than most other world powers and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has accused it of being more intransigent in talks than the United States. Twitter account associated with Iran's leader criticizes France 2013-11-10T12:58:14Z But this week there was a watershed moment: The intransigent team owner was spared the angriest rhetoric. Wise: By defending Redskins name, NFL’s Roger Goodell is on wrong side of history 2013-11-02T21:51:53Z The dogs’ long legs and silky hair, their narrow, gentle, intransigent faces made a fine match for her when she took them out for walks. Alice Munro: “The Bear Came over the Mountain.” 2013-10-14T04:00:00Z Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called intransigent Republicans the "weird caucus" He has voted against House leadership 84 times, including on a January bill to provide disaster aid for Hurricane Sandy victims. The Congressional 'suicide caucus' 2013-10-04T00:26:38Z She spent most of the day battling a teeming airport, roadblocks, massive traffic jams, and intransigent municipal security before being forced to scrap her trip and return home seven hours later. The King of Traffic Jams 2013-07-26T18:24:00Z “These are different times, times that are not as obstinate or intransigent,” said the Rev. José Oscar Beozzo, a historian of the Catholic church in Latin America and a supporter of liberation theology. Pope, in an Angered Brazil, to Focus on Social Justice 2013-07-20T16:59:38Z With so many millions in the street demanding Mr. Morsi’s exit and the president intransigent, Mr. ElBaradei argued, a military takeover was “the least painful option.” ElBaradei Seeks to Justify Ouster of Egypt’s President 2013-07-04T17:37:09Z She will complete the president’s work by vanquishing his intransigent, unreasonable, race-baiting foes. Hillary must own 2014 2013-06-11T14:39:00Z If he succeeds, history will remember Mr. Itskov as a daring visionary whose money and energy redefined life in ways that solved some of the world’s most intransigent problems. Dmitry Itskov and the Avatar Quest 2013-06-01T22:21:34Z "This compared to what would have been a short and comfortable journey seems a high price to pay for Brittany Ferries' intransigent approach." Pregnant woman refused on ferry 2013-05-20T11:55:23Z Political leaders, in apparent frustration with what they see as an intransigent academic community unwilling to control costs, see this new application of technology as the solution to concerns of access and cost. To Harness MOOCs Focus on the Outcomes 2013-05-10T13:18:27Z In management as in science, some thought-leaders remain intransigent and continue to noisily defend the old paradigm. Leadership In The Three-Speed Economy 2013-05-01T15:58:11Z It was framed as a fight for reason and fairness against an uncaring and intransigent scientific community. Smoke and mirrors 2013-04-17T17:20:03.057Z As in Pensacola, the Diamond residents were aided by aggressive activists who helped push intransigent industry and government. Industrial hazards force communities to consider relocation 2013-04-15T10:00:00Z We certainly don’t want our leaders to be intransigent ideologues incapable of nuance, compromise or progress. Gay marriage, Democratic leaders and the rush to follow 2013-04-12T15:14:32Z There are certainly many worthy targets for finger-pointing: allegedly corrupt and incompetent Afghan officials; intransigent Taliban insurgents; insufficiently committed international actors; US policymakers who failed to identify clear and realistic goals. Is Obama to blame for the mess in Afghanistan? 2013-03-14T20:03:00Z Indeed, the Post criticized Democrats for being "increasingly intransigent on entitlement reform" – even though they have put forward approximately $500bn in proposed entitlement cuts, which is about $500bn more than Republicans have proposed. Thank Republicans and their anti-tax nonsense for the sequester showdown 2013-03-01T13:30:00Z Despite how they are often portrayed on the screen and in fiction, they are ordinary people tackling intransigent problems, against monumental odds, often while in personal danger. What it Takes to Fight the Terrorists 2013-01-27T09:45:00Z Indeed, with the exception of religious institutions, it is difficult to think of any more intransigent entity. [Editorial] They Never Saw It Coming 2013-01-24T20:55:02.307Z The percentage of Americans seeing the Republican leadership as overly intransigent is up 13 percentage points since December 2010, just after the GOP reclaimed control of the House of Representatives. Most see Obama as ‘strong leader,’ say deal on debt ceiling does not require cuts 2013-01-16T12:00:00Z It requires a strategic effort to isolate and shame the most intransigent, irresponsible status-quo defenders. Viewpoint: Real Gun Reform Doesn’t Come from the Capitol 2013-01-15T12:35:47Z He is seen as more intransigent than Maduro, and critics liken him to a thug. Analysis: Trio of Chavez protégés hold key to Venezuela's future 2013-01-14T06:04:35Z The Nusra Front’s intransigent calls for Islamic rule in Syria conflict with the calls for democracy voiced by the vast majority of Syria’s opposition. Jihadi Group Says It Stands With Other Syrian Rebels 2013-01-09T20:01:48Z "Take the deal," instructed a clearly exasperated president to intransigent Republicans on Wednesday. The art of the deal: CEOs frustrated at pace of fiscal cliff negotiations 2012-12-20T15:31:01Z Polls show the public increasingly sees Republicans as the intransigent party and the primary obstacle to compromise in Washington.” Don’t count out angry white guys quite yet 2012-12-06T19:51:00Z Perhaps the best reason to suppose that Democrats may be less intransigent than they appear on entitlements, however, is that it is not their focus in the negotiations. The Democrats and the fiscal cliff: Not much on the table 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z What was a slow bleed of marketshare is now gushing, and management is clueless, intransigent, and myopic. Is Microsoft On The Verge Of A Sudden Collapse Predicted By Catastrophe Theory? 2012-11-26T13:41:26Z He and his team view the present-day Republican party as intransigent and unwilling to be a responsible party in governing. Fiscal cliff talks will boil down to one obscure acronym: Batna 2012-11-09T15:07:41Z According to Mr King, Germany became "more intransigent about issues than anyone would have believed". How Germany killed the merger of BAE and EADS 2012-10-10T13:30:51Z “The Republic will be intransigent with anyone who seeks to challenge it.” French Anti-Terror Raids Leave Extremist Suspect Dead 2012-10-08T13:35:46Z He also, drawing on skills honed in his Queens days, showed an aptitude for pushing intransigent bureaucracies and working the press. For Judge in Firefighter Discrimination Case, an Evolving Opinion 2012-10-08T05:27:31Z His irascible, intransigent management style found less favour with established coaches and athletes than the young bucks. How important was Van Commenee? 2012-09-11T18:37:18Z The current format of quiet mediation by France, Russia and the US is not strong enough to move the two sides from their intransigent positions. Viewpoint: Setback for peace in the Caucasus 2012-09-04T16:20:46Z FIFA, soccer’s international governing body, assured otherwise, but officials remained intransigent. Olympics Give British Women’s Soccer a Moment of Sun 2012-07-25T19:51:49Z On the other hand, inactivity is easier for most of us to combat than a nicotine addiction or intransigent obesity, she adds. Well: The Couch Potato Goes Global 2012-07-18T04:02:34Z Republicans have indeed been extraordinarily intransigent, to the point that the government’s ability to accomplish even the most trivial legislation has been hamstrung. Norquist jumps the shark 2012-07-16T17:30:00Z Democrats used the pledge to paint Republicans as intransigent and beholden to Norquist. US anti-tax crusader assails report on Republican shift 2012-05-29T21:35:44Z Current and former regulators said such a step, never taken, is a way to "shame" an intransigent agency via the Dodd-Frank law. Regulators Seek Plan B on Money Funds 2012-05-07T21:06:39Z My one hesitancy is that he’s bringing it all to the intransigent Shanahan system. For one glorious moment, it all came together for Washington?s sports teams 2012-04-29T22:58:00Z I’d heard people say that if the university students’ demands weren’t addressed, the generation that came after — now in high school — was going to be more intransigent, more violent. Camila Vallejo, the World?s Most Glamorous Revolutionary 2012-04-05T21:31:06Z Companies must cope with heavy social charges, intransigent unions and political meddling. The French election and business: The terror 2012-04-04T15:00:00Z So it’s far easier for members of Congress to rail against the one supposedly intransigent man who is preventing the great American housing recovery. Fair Game: A Bailout by Another Name 2012-03-24T16:31:50Z In the matter of the classical painters and sculptors he manifested himself intransigent. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z Faced with an even more intransigent opposition after Republicans captured the House in the 2010 elections, Mr. Obama made a tactical retreat, suppressing his instincts to “go big” in favor of a go-slow approach. Obama?s Unacknowledged Debt to Bowles-Simpson Plan 2012-02-27T05:49:34Z The game of the Premier was detected, and he at once began to complain of the intransigent attitude of the Holy See, and accused the Holy Father of an intention to threaten. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z In each of their models, this occurs because the uninformed individuals tend to adopt the opinions of those around them, amplifying the majority opinion and preventing erosion by an intransigent minority. [Perspective] Psychology: Can Ignorance Promote Democracy? 2011-12-15T18:55:40.553Z But he has found it difficult to mediate conflicts and has labeled as "intransigent" the protesters who had hoped he would usher in a period of rapid social change. Peru's Humala tightens grip in Cabinet overhaul 2011-12-12T02:21:44Z A Republican close to the talks said it was Democrats who had been intransigent, demanding tax increases as part of any deal. Both Sides on Deficit Panel Seeking to Avoid Blame 2011-11-09T04:24:14Z Inertia is universal and intransigent in economic and social systems as well. The Relentless Pursuit of Magical Energy 2011-10-28T04:27:45Z But the government telegraphed an intransigent stance, mustering tens of thousands of supporters to rally for the second time this month. Army Defectors in Syria Take Credit for Deadly Attack 2011-10-26T19:54:52Z The German press declared Thursday’s vote a victory for Mrs. Merkel, while asking how far she could push her intransigent coalition for further steps to rescue the common currency. Austria Approves Euro Bailout Fund 2011-09-30T19:20:34Z I’m not interested in taking an intransigent position.” NBA lockout: Union chief Billy Hunter knows how to fight fairly 2011-09-22T01:03:00Z The White House has clearly decided that in a town of intransigent Republicans and mean ideologues, it has to be mean and intransigent too. Wonkbook: Can the new Obama get anything done? 2011-09-20T12:05:57Z A source close to the football bodies rejected the idea that they were intransigent "dinosaurs" trying to hold back the rise of digital media coverage. Premier League and Football League back in talks over media coverage 2011-08-11T06:27:35Z The losers, meanwhile, wax intransigent, while hoping for a realignment of their own. Wonkbook: Can policymakers respond to the latest round of bad news? 2011-08-08T11:59:16Z All the indications are that an intransigent, ideological and populist Tea Party are providing Republicans like him with their cutting edge. US debt crisis: Obama's sharp right turn 2011-07-31T20:50:19Z I’m not interested in taking an intransigent position.” NBA lockout: Union chief Billy Hunter knows how to fight fairly 2011-09-22T01:03:00Z Because if it does, intransigent House conservatives will have handed President Obama one of the biggest victories of his term. A new pinnacle in House Republican craziness 2011-07-28T23:05:00Z Meanwhile, the multibillion-dollar domestic gas industry appeared intransigent, ridiculing critics and fighting tighter regulations. Department of Energy Wades into Fracking Debate 2011-07-26T17:15:07.307Z The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, labelled the Republicans as intransigent. US debt crisis threatens global markets as Congress is locked in blame game 2011-07-24T18:44:59Z But in Darfur, Western advocates may have complicated matters, too, some analysts contend, pushing a hard line against the government that has made the rebels there more intransigent and peace negotiations more difficult. News Analysis: After Years of Pressure, Celebrity and Otherwise, South Sudan Is Nearly a Nation 2011-07-08T22:41:14Z The Balkan warmth, in contrast to the frost of many western European capitals where Netanyahu is viewed as intransigent, is explained by analysts as a result of both common cultural values and realpolitik. Holocaust history helps Netanyahu's Balkan engagement 2011-07-07T13:13:16Z Many Europeans see Israel, rather than the Palestinians, as an intransigent, occupying power unwilling to stop settlement building or accept a viable Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. For Israel, a Balkan bloom despite Palestine chill 2011-07-06T16:23:59Z “We have a fiscal mess in Washington and both parties seem intransigent,” said Goggins of Hancock, whose fund outperformed 82 percent of peers in the past five years, Bloomberg data show. U.S. Dollar Unloved by Bond Managers Enticed by Emerging Markets 2011-05-24T22:26:09Z If President Obama and the similarly intransigent Republicans in Congress don’t agree to lift the debt limit by August, the world might abandon the dollar, and the global economy might collapse. Jerry Brown, California's Responsible Adult? 2011-05-20T20:32:06Z And yet, at the same time, the official Republican stance is as intransigent as ever. Tax the rich: How hard can it be? 2011-04-22T16:28:00Z Sticking to the democratic process, they continue to fight their rivals—the intransigent incumbents—in court, at the polls, one vote at a time, and with power-sharing arrangements. Ivory Coast's Bloody Presidential Standoff 2011-04-10T14:00:00Z But they haven't gotten the Palestinians anywhere in their negotiations with the equally intransigent Israeli government. A New Palestinian Movement: Young, Networked, Nonviolent 2011-03-31T11:25:00Z While some back-channel communications continued on Monday, each side sought to publicly portray the other as intransigent. News Analysis: Part of the Budget Fight: Picking a Bad Guy 2011-03-29T03:00:49Z To many in the West, that sight seemed to signal that one of the world's most intransigent military dictatorships was headed for a sea change. Burma's Release of Suu Kyi Eases Pressure For Further Sanctions 2011-01-07T22:50:00Z Iran remained intransigent, but some very creative diplomacy by the Obama Administration built an international coalition and led to tough economic sanctions dedicated to stopping Iran's nuclear program. Politics, the Economy and the Media in 2010: A Look Back 2010-12-29T08:30:00Z And the continent's rare insistence that an intransigent strongman abide by an election result, say some Africa watchers, could ultimately force Gbagbo out, albeit not without a bloody fight. After Disputed Ivory Coast Election, Africa Tries to Break a Bloody Cycle 2010-12-21T16:55:00Z He reported the phone as missing, but Vodafone was intransigent: he was liable for all calls, and the bill would be more than £7,000. Vodafone's ?7,000 bill run up by a phone thief 2010-12-18T00:01:58Z About 100 police officers surrounded the bank in an effort to force the robber to surrender, but “the thief was intransigent,” Mr. Fernández said. Police Bullet Ends Hostage Situation 2010-12-04T22:54:00Z "If legislators are intransigent I don't see what this is going to do to get them to be more compliant," said Mitchell Savader of Savader Asset Advisors in New York. Brown budget plan too rosy for California investors 2010-10-21T11:22:00Z Commonwealth Games Canada president Andrew Pipe accused the organizers of "indifference that borders on the intransigent." Bridge collapse adds to India's Commonwealth Games woe 2010-09-22T01:01:00Z Its members will maul, not individual tax collectors, but the tax code, if the movement succeeds in sending even more intransigent reactionaries to the already paralyzed Congress and the Senate in this fall’s midterm elections. The right picked the wrong historical analogy 2010-09-21T11:01:00Z We will be extremely demanding and intransigent about this. Juventus promise no repeat of racist abuse to Mario Balotelli 2010-08-27T18:27:00Z Later, astonishingly, she would do the same to the intransigent Jen's cheeks, smushing them up on a street corner until her mouth formed a helpless, terrified "O". Mary Queen of Shops and A Century of Fatherhood 2010-06-22T07:00:00Z Analysts said it is in the White House's interest to make opposition Republicans seem intransigent and unreasonable, as they seek to ward off opposition to any nominee. Obama seen making quick Supreme Court pick 2010-04-16T15:28:00Z In U.S. eyes, it is also the dividing line between the good Pakistan that cooperates with American counterterrorism goals, and the intransigent one that charts its own course. A closer look at the divisions within Pakistan 2010-04-13T17:12:00Z Oliver, for instance, is as annoyed by government regulations and intransigent bureaucracy as he is by Huntington's laissez-faire eating habits. For Jamie Oliver, Lunch is a Battlefield 2010-03-26T18:00:00Z But faced with a member she considered intransigent, she could be “scary tough,” as one person involved in her strategy sessions said. Tactics, Luck and Perseverance Kept Health Bill Alive 2010-03-21T01:00:00Z Too much foreign pressure on China could prompt the country to be more intransigent on the exchange rate, which Beijing views as a domestic issue. U.S. Expected to Press China on Yuan 2010-02-17T19:05:00Z As a presidential candidate, Mr. Obama declared himself open to dialogue even with intransigent states like Iran. 2010-02-16T02:41:00Z Although China remains opposed, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last month that if Iran remained intransigent it faced further sanctions even if there is no United Nations agreement to act against Tehran. 2010-02-09T06:59:00Z New Delhi may finally be realizing the limitations of its strategy of "coercive diplomacy" as global sympathy for the Mumbai attacks wane and New Delhi begins to be seen as increasingly intransigent, they say. 2010-02-04T12:07:00Z Lack of trust The DUP say Gerry Adams is exaggerating the personal problems, and that the real differences are on policy, with Sinn Fein simply being constantly intransigent. 2010-01-24T08:40:00Z The intransigent Constitutionalists would have none of it. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The intransigent majority refused to listen to a last eloquent appeal that Castelar made to their patriotism and common sense, and they passed a vote of censure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" "It doesn't bother you, my getting your help and then not protecting you from these intransigent tribesmen?" The Barbarians Orange himself was led by his followers into adopting an intransigent attitude, though he had not yet given up the hope of realizing union. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day The most intransigent of modern revolutionaries might learn a trick or two from this sacred poet. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions Discipline on space bases was not a pressing problem: the corps was an elite branch and intransigent candidates were weeded out quick. Next Door, Next World His were merely good intentions that came to no avail in an intransigent world of changes. An Apostate: Nawin of Thais Baron Burian, who had recently succeeded Count Berchtold as Foreign Secretary of the Dual Kingdom, had adopted a much more intransigent position than his predecessor. The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes By nature of a revolutionary spirit, the doctrines of these politicians fascinated him so far as to convert him into an intransigent opponent of Spanish rule in his native country. The Philippine Islands When it had gone as far as it could go, it reported its results—and the Stretts, hard as they were and intransigent, were amazed and overjoyed. Masters of Space Yet this authority was precisely what he lacked in his new office, where his power was limited to only a general control over intransigent services that still insisted on their traditional autonomy. Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Its materialism is of the most intransigent character. Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology In view of the fact that Angela's father was one of the very last survivors of the 'intransigent' clericals, this was quite the most cutting speech the Marchesa could think of. The White Sister There were Filipinos of all classes, some in sympathy with the American cause, who were as loud in their denunciation of the proposed return of the friars as the most intransigent insurgents. The Philippine Islands The same intransigent attitude was continued by Presidents Harding and Coolidge. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 The Piedmontese clergy, more numerous in proportion to the population than in any state except Rome, were more intransigent than any ecclesiastical body in the world. The Liberation of Italy Neither Giovanni nor his wife were of the absolutely "intransigent" way of thinking. Don Orsino She posited that even the most intransigent atheist was susceptible to the god of his own making. Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America A year later I found Agoncillo of exactly the same intransigent persuasion. The Philippine Islands Nobody at the Foreign Office believed that he corresponded with any intransigent; he used to go there often and exchange urbane gossip with under-secretaries. Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution The answer is because it would require rare innovation, trust, and support from the equally intransigent federal funding authorities. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance What is certain is that in Europe and America, except for an intransigent movement running strong in France, everyone is convinced of the necessity of revision. Peaceless Europe If it were to remain intransigent and peevish - it is likely to end up being barely a bloody footnote in history. Terrorists and Freedom Fighters They will do their best to present the Albanians as intransigent, irrational and belligerent during the process of negotiating autonomy for the province. After the Rain : how the West lost the East Less intransigent than Balzac, the executors allowed its five acts to be reduced to three, and a considerable amount of suppression and remodelling to be operated by a professional playwright, Adolphe Dennery. Balzac |
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