(adds Nightlead to take - no change to copy) - Sporting Life
23 May 2012, 3:38 pm
Owen won an lbw appeal against Simon Katich and then bowled Hampshire's captain James Adams for an obdurate 42 which, until Ervine came along, looked like being Hampshire's top score. Ervine, coming in at six, shared in stands of 63 with the fluent Michael ...

LISA BUCKINGHAM: Osborne must reignite desire for big projects - This is Money
21 May 2012, 3:47 pm
Yet the Government still fails to come up with any bright ideas to kick-start growth. There have been only tired old thoughts about getting our obdurate banks to lend more or providing loans to get buyers on the housing ladder. There was some light relief ...

Cricket: Sorry Saltires fail to sparkle in sunshine - scotsman.com
21 May 2012, 12:03 am
Carberry, though, proved a more obdurate figure, going on to anchor the innings with a controlled innings that yielded 76 runs from 86 deliveries with ten boundaries. The one-time England Test batsman eventually fell to the Drummond/Wallace combination ...

Cricket: England in control at Lord's against West Indies - WalesOnline
19 May 2012, 11:46 am
as Marlon Samuels caught the bug too in an obdurate and unbroken half-century stand. With Strauss gone first thing, England had appeared intent on swift progress rather than mere consolidation on this slow pitch. Strauss last night completed his first Test ...

England founder on rock of Chanderpaul - DAWN Group
17 May 2012, 7:31 am
The obdurate left-hander, reprieved on 15 after reviewing an lbw decision, frustrated the hosts with his awkward crab-like stance and intense concentration to keep his team in the game after England had won the toss in favourable bowling conditions.

England clean sweep on the cards if seamers pitch it right at Lord's - The Guardian
16 May 2012, 10:17 am
But their batting, with the exception of the wonderful elder statesman, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, arguably the most obdurate batsman in history and currently the world's top ranked, and the fine prospect Darren Bravo, can be as flaky as a freshly ...

Forced sales of Opal fuel a 'legal minefield' - ABC Online
15 May 2012, 12:31 am
"We have had some strong advice about what we can and can't do. "I am certainly happy to continue to monitor it and, if we get people who are very obdurate, then we may need to think about other steps." However, Mr Snowdon says the states and territories ...

Disgruntled Wells Fargo shareholders rally in Portland - The Business Journal
8 May 2012, 11:59 am
"It's kind of astounding that Wells Fargo is so obdurate," said Katy Riker, one of the protestors and a Wells Fargo shareholder. "It's ridiculous that the branch manager wouldn't accept it." A spokesman for Wells Fargo said the bank's policy is ...

Yaya Toure is City's driving force - CNN Sports Illustrated
6 May 2012, 6:57 pm
City had been struggling to find a way past Newcastle's obdurate defense and just after the hour-mark, coach Roberto Mancini made the decisive switch: taking off Samir Nasri for Nigel de Jong, which allowed Toure the license to push forward and ...

When Ken Livingstone met the London Jewish Forum - The Guardian
26 April 2012, 2:37 pm
They've done so despite their enduring misgivings and familiar frustrations, with a long-suffering recognition that however extremely obdurate and dense Ken keeps on being in many ways - not their actual words - he is "mistreated by the right ...