050413 - WotD: intransigence
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Written with a loving hand by kitt some time around 00:00 on 13 April 2005
intransigence
From page 15 of the 2nd April 2005 issue of the Economist, in the same article as yesterday's word of the day, cloture. "Mr. Bush might well either get his judges or use the Democrats intransigence as ammunition to push the Republicans up to 60 seats next year." From Merriam Webster's online dictionary:-
the quality or state of being intransigent
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refusing to compromise or to abandon an extreme position or attitude : UNCOMPROMISING