He was watched by Draper, the Lawn Tennis Association's chief executive, who like many is impressed by the youngster's natural ability, including
mulish first serve and real composure at the net, but says he must now turn that promise into rankings points.
"She was a bit
mulish on her last run at Hamilton and she hit the front a bit soon," said To mpkins.
Amateur ridden and without the cheekpieces he wore when successful in this race 12 months ago, Coursing Run put up a
mulish display and never looked like justifying favouritism.
It is also worth remembering that Britain is the only country to have fought through both World Wars from start to finish--though whether this indicates high-minded heroism or
mulish obstinacy might be debated.
WELL, not exactly, since California seems to have finally joined the rest of the world in trying to address global warming; but given the
mulish refusal of the Bush administration to recognise human agency in climate change, it does feel that way.
He should have been better before the end of term, but
mulish refusal to visit the doctor or take time off work until too late, means he is still coughing, sneezing and buying up the world's Vitamin C stocks.
CALVIC took advantage of a
mulish display from favourite Whitford Don to win his third race of the season at Plumpton yesterday.
The Sheikh Mohammed-owned colt was
mulish before that contest but dug deep where it mattered to beat a good yardstick in the Neville Callaghan-trained Tranquil Sky.
``The horse is well known to be difficult and was
mulish going down tothe start, '' explained stipendiary steward William Nunneley.
He may see this as showing conviction but some of us suspect
mulish stubbornness, not to mention arrogance, in the face of unpalatable facts.
Walsh's Air Force One: A History of Presidents and Their Planes, one from time to time feels the urge to stand up and exclaim, "Work it, brother, work it!" This would be in professional appreciation for the
mulish persistence Of a veteran journalist in the undeterrable pursuit of a slender story.
But the same
mulish recalcitrants will do a wonderful work if they are allowed their own little backyards of independence and private property, where they can be "every inch a king" and express their destiny by raising cabbages and tomatoes to their hearts' desire.
the grace of the unspoken, spoken in movement, the hand reaches, the blanket is wrapped around, the arms hold this daily
mulish grace, without which we do not choose to continue, and if we find this, we have something of our own.
Carroll has identified the
mulish metamorphosis as a symptom of semantic confusion: the "puzzles which Shakespeare stresses in his comedies [occur] where language and action relentlessly pursue logic into paradox.
Mulish. But we have learned that, in these challenging days for the arts in America, when one of us makes a mess, we're all-compromised; when one of us triumphs, all benefit.
