tenaciousness


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The first and foremost danger is to rely on the flattering reports; and to believe that what was right in the past could still work now, that waiting is the best advisor, that painkillers are the best type of cure, and that tenaciousness is a guarantee for stability.
sports or being physically active." Tenaciousness Easily gives in when "I give up easily things don't go as when the going gets expected.
Their tenaciousness is due to a number of factors, but biologists agree it's largely a result of their nesting habits.
Recent research among black postgraduates in the Faculty confirms the tenaciousness of race in determining whether a student feels 'at home' in the learning environment.
However, for the rest it was unrecognisable from the sort of high-tempo tenaciousness which has typified the O''Neill renaissance.
His ability to make a comeback after the humiliating vote of no confidence delivered to him by Plaid AMs following disappointing election results in 2003 showed he had a level of tenaciousness that his detractors ignored at their peril.
This sort of person does not have the application or the courage to question seriously the status quo, nor does he have the tenaciousness required to join a political party and work for a cause or an ideology.
I would like his daughter Angela to have the last word when she writes: 'In his latter years, with his characteristic tenaciousness, he continued to observe the Sun, record and photograph his findings until he literally could not stand up any more.
Competencies found to be important at the early stage of development included foresight and strategic planning, flexibility (ability to change), having a focused mind, fearlessness, tenaciousness, drive and dedication, communication skills, initiative flair, ability to create a good profit margin, global awareness, and an ability to motivate others.
Among those journalists whose blend of temperament, timing and tenaciousness has propelled them into the ranks of successful muckrakers, besides Anderson, I'd put Ida Tarbell, Seymour Hersh, Jessica Mitford, Ida Wells-Barnett, and the team of Donald L.
Part of this tenaciousness can perhaps be explained by the relationship between the first factor's "commercial use" inquiry and the fourth factor's "market effect" analysis.