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"There is a hard-headedness where each state thinks they know how to handle it better and will stick to their remedies even when they are not very effective," he says.

From BBC • Jul. 10, 2023

For years he rebuffed their advances, to the point that the hard-headedness that made him such a formidable boxer looked like it would prevent him from getting his mitts on the top prize.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2016

In 1986, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who warmed to his hard-headedness, appointed him vice-chairman of the BBC board of governors, recalled The Guardian.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2014

“You’ve got to admire the guts, obstinacy, hard-headedness, whatever you want to call Mike Rizzo,” McCarver said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2012

Between these two craftsmen it was discussed in the calm hard-headedness of severe practicality.

From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville