Word: stubborn
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Kentucky, Obama was lynched in effigy. In Idaho, a school bus full of second and third-graders chanted, “Assassinate Obama!” Right here in Massachusetts, an arsonist burned down an African-American church the day after Election Day. These reprehensible events illustrate the stubborn remnants of bigotry. Though these were isolated incidents, together they speak to broader and more resilient racial disharmony that still lingers in America...
...final reckoning looms. Despite Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's offer of talks, stubborn resistance is expected from the cornered L.T.T.E. - a group which, in its struggle for an independent Tamil homeland, pioneered suicide bombing and taught fighters to imbibe cyanide pills rather than surrender...
...even that extra mile cause they would have had to do the same thing if you showed up 3 hours early. It just comes down to rules and regulations, and I know there's a reason they have them, but I end up pushing them sometimes cause I'm stubborn and I hate being told what...
...better I got to know the Obamas, the more astonished I became at the unlikeliness of Barack's ascension. This is the story of a grandfather whose stubborn will found a match in the austerity of Islam and drove his son to seek a scholarship abroad, which in turn led the young man to Hawaii, where he met and married Ann, a Christian, and had a son--who, at 47, will become the first black President of the U.S. There are so many unlikelihoods in his story that an Obama victory seemed like a fairy tale. As Election Day approached...
...Perhaps the most pressing issue at stake in this election is our next President’s energy policy. George W. Bush’s presidency has been marked by a stubborn unwillingness to recognize the importance of human action in mitigating climate change. Our energy and transportation sectors, which are overwhelmingly dependent on nonrenewable fossil fuels like coal and petroleum, are long due for a comprehensive overhaul...