hidebound

• A well-educated, highly intelligent and articulate young progressive candidate promising hope and change -- and a withdrawal of troops from Iraq -- ousts a long-entrenched, hidebound, deeply corrupt rightwing faction from power. —  Chris Floyd - Empire Burlesque
• Sometimes it's merely a smoke screen for the hidebound, burned out or lazy. —  Patterico's Pontifications
• Svanängen's closest American peers are artists like Bon Iver and Iron & Wine, indie bards who (depending on your perspective) either represent the future of folk music or a kind of hidebound neo-traditionalism-old styles wrapped in new beards. —  Paste Magazine
• First of all, this is not a political article and no one wants to hear your spout of your hidebound opinions. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
• All too often, the art of compromise amongst our own is eschewed for hidebound insistence on near-term goals. —  RedState

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