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  • Obstinately looking for that perfect pass to the low post, Johnson just kept dribbling away.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Obstinately looking for that perfect pass to the low post, Johnson just kept dribbling away.

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Obstinately, many continue to look at the rosy little picture that shows a social justice process that tries to justify the intolerance that goes along with its achievements -- already badly deteriorated -- in health and education.

    Yoani Sanchez: The Threat of a Label: "Dissident" Yoani Sanchez 2010

  • Obstinately, many continue to look at the rosy little picture that shows a social justice process that tries to justify the intolerance that goes along with its achievements -- already badly deteriorated -- in health and education.

    Yoani Sanchez: The Threat of a Label: "Dissident" Yoani Sanchez 2010

  • Obstinately, modestly, they were never to occupy it and remained in Murray Hill at 255 Madison Avenue.

    Michael Henry Adams: Great Houses of New York: Louis Tiffany's Treasure Trove! 2009

  • Obstinately persisting in an error or fault; wrongly self-willed or stubborn.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » There’s Always Next Year 2009

  • Archbishop Burke, who took similar position in 2004 regarding Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry, has elaborated on his position in an article titled The Discipline Regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin, published in a recent issue of Periodica de re Canonica.

    Bishop Say Giuliani and Other Pro-Choice Candidates Should Be Denied Communion Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Archbishop Burke, who took similar position in 2004 regarding Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry, has elaborated on his position in an article titled The Discipline Regarding the Denial of Holy Communion to Those Obstinately Persevering in Manifest Grave Sin, published in a recent issue of Periodica de re Canonica.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Obstinately resisting the temptation to sneak a look, Melissa kept her eyes fixed onto the tapestry on the wall.

    The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006

  • Obstinately resisting the temptation to sneak a look, Melissa kept her eyes fixed onto the tapestry on the wall.

    The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006

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