intransigent

But Mr Amsterdam said the more intransigent the government, the more it would spur Chadema's supporters "to push forward and engage in civil disobedience".

Furthermore, the practice is tightly bound to the seemingly intransigent social marginalization of women.

David Strover, head of Trading Standards, said: "We repeatedly advised this business to amend their labelling, but they were intransigent and failed to act on our advice."

But the Kandahar-based leadership has remained intransigent, and there has been no public breaking of ranks with the supreme leader’s diktats.

Decency and sanity demand that we address these catastrophes, however massive and intransigent.