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Example sentences for: obstinacy

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A piece opines that Richard Holbrooke, not Madeleine Albright, is responsible for U.S. underestimation of Milosevic's obstinacy.
His obstinacy on the issue is cited as proof that John Paul II is indifferent to one of the major themes of Vatican II: Christian reunion.
Kosovo, Iraq (thanks to artfully timed obstinacy by Saddam Hussein), and India-Pakistan are subjects of the widest speculation.
Likewise, the procedural argument allows the White House to challenge Helms' obstinacy without appearing to foment the GOP's identity crisis.
Another editorial berates President Clinton for foreclosing the ground troop option, thus goading Slobodan Milosevic into further obstinacy and tying NATO's hands.