recalcitrance

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There is in the human race some dark spirit of recalcitrance, always pulling us in the direction contrary to that in which we are reasonably expected to go.

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  • "The board found the true reason behind BLM's retaliation and recalcitrance was to avoid sampling that would show mine operations profoundly contaminated soil and water with acid, metals and radionuclides," he said in a statement Wednesday. —  RGJ.com - Latest News
  • "Significantly, the Board found the true reason behind BLM's retaliation and recalcitrance was to avoid sampling that would show mine operations profoundly contaminated soil and water with acid, metals, and radionuclides." —  Alternate Brain
  • "The board found the true reason behind BLM's retaliation and recalcitrance was to avoid sampling that would show mine operations profoundly contaminated soil and water with acid, metals" and radioactive materials, he said in a statement Wednesday. —  WTOP / Business / Biz Stories
  • In a move that should make the U.S. blush at our own recalcitrance, 49 of the world's developing nations pledged to curb emissions. —  Paramus Post
  • However, he says, it still makes sense to speak of a certain "recalcitrance" in nature as it presently exists that resists the shape of the —  A Thinking Reed
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