While my memory holds with relentless tenacity, as I cannot too often stress, to my wrongs, when it comes to my shames, it gestures and jokes and toys with chronology like a prestidigitator in the hope of distracting me from them.

The foregoing, aided by several clues I'll withhold to keep you on your toes, will pursue you with a tenacity worthy of Inspector Javert, but before they close in, gird yourselves, I repeat, for a vengeance infinitely more pitiless.

Abdur Rahman Khan showed his usual ability in diplomatic argument, his tenacity where his own views or claims were in debate, with a sure underlying insight into the real situation.

With innate talent, passion, diligence, discipline, self-motivation and tenacity, being the core factors of achieving success to becoming a celebrity, fame and fortune sometimes occurs spontaneously with relatively little effort due to sheer luck, being fortunate with connections, or simply being at the right place during the right time.

The Saxons maintained their post with great tenacity, but were involved in the disastrous defeat of their allies.

Heinrich A. Rommen remarked upon " the tenacity with which the spirit of the English common law retained the conceptions of natural law and equity which it had assimilated during the Catholic Middle Ages, thanks especially to the influence of Henry de Bracton ( d. 1268 ) and Sir John Fortescue ( d. cir.

The defensive nature of the war, combined with Paraguayan tenacity and ingenuity and the difficulty that Brazilians and Argentinians had cooperating with each other, rendered the conflict a war of attrition.

He actually took the role out of admiration for Alvin Straight, and astonished his co-workers with his tenacity during production.

By sheer tenacity of purpose, Bestuzhev had extricated his country from the Swedish imbroglio ; reconciled his imperial mistress with the courts of Vienna and London ; enabled Russia to assert herself effectually in Poland, Turkey and Sweden ; and isolated the King of Prussia by forcing him into hostile alliances.

Stefan de Vrij would be taking up the vacant spot for captain, considering his time and experiences with Feyenoord, making Jordy Clasie, who because of his good play and tenacity soon became one of the most popular players among the supporters, vice-captain.

" He allowed innumerable abuses to grow up in the army … He kept his command, though almost in his dotage, with a tenacity that cannot be too much censured ".

Most notably — thanks to its smooth, flat underbody — the Kübel would propel itself much like a motorised sled when its wheels were sinking into sand, snow or mud, allowing it to follow tracked vehicles with remarkable tenacity.

Although he was acting on behalf of Thomas Bouch, the builder of the first railway bridge across the Tay, he performed his role with independence and tenacity.

It is a position held with some backhanded distinction, referred to today as the " goat ", both for its stubbornness and tenacity, but one which usually relegated its holder to an obscure posting with little opportunity to advance ; two of the most famous " goats " were Pickett and George Armstrong Custer.

The Greeks made up for the lack of equipment with intensity of spirit ; historian Christopher Buckley stated that "… some fought with extreme courage and tenacity.

Jews are currently fighting with all forces to maintain their positions, expecting a future offensive — and, as far as I am concerned, I understand their fight and admire their vitality, tenacity, genius.

Combat did continue around the disused church, where Riese's battered brigade, infantry regiments 44 Bellegarde, 46 Chasteler, 58 Beaulieu, nine battalions in total, was still holding out with remarkable tenacity and despite the fact that their commander, General-Major Riese, did not bother to show himself throughout the day.

That tenacity carried over to other areas in North America ; within four years, with the Treaty of Paris, most of France's possessions in eastern North America would be ceded to Great Britain.

Lead is exceptionally soft, malleable and ductile but with little tenacity.

Although these other eagles ( which are actually not closely related to the Golden ) are generally less active predators, they are of comparable size, strength and tenacity to the Golden Eagle and victory in such conflicts depends on the size and disposition of individual eagle rather than on species.

( 1909 ) in the book he admitted that he was a materialist for most of his life until he had studied the mediumship of Eusapia Palladino which he believed was genuine, he later became convinced of the existence of spirits and wrote " I am ashamed and grieved at having opposed with so much tenacity the possibility of the so called spiritistic facts ".

Originally the soul is possessed of or is an immense variety of powers, faculties or forces ( conceptions which Beneke, in opposition to Herbart, holds to be metaphysically justifiable ), differing from one another only in tenacity, vivacity, receptivity and grouping.

In 1883 he accepted the London embassy, which he continued to hold till 1893, showing an exceptional tenacity in defence of his country's interests.

During the Midway engagement which resulted in the defeat of and heavy losses to the enemy fleet, his seamanship, endurance, and tenacity in handling his task force were of the highest quality .”

# It is a stable disorder characterized by the presence of delusions to which the patient clings with extraordinary tenacity.

# The method of tenacity ( policy of sticking to initial belief ) — which brings comforts and decisiveness, but leads to trying to ignore contrary information and others ' views, as if truth were intrinsically private, not public.

The term might refer to the tenacity of the plants, which makes it hard to rid an area of them if they occur as invasive weeds.

Disengagement proved to be a challenge ; it was only the tenacity of the New Zealanders and nightfall which saved them from certain capture.

Although the bill failed, Inslee ’ s tenacity made an impression on House Speaker Joe King, who said, “ He ’ s not afraid to incur the wrath of the speaker or the caucus .” In 1991, Inslee voted for the state energy policy which had the state devise a cost-effective energy strategy, and that state agencies and school districts pursue and maintain energy-efficient operation of their facilities.

Gascoigne, having already received a yellow card during England's 1 – 0 victory over Belgium in the second round, showed his tenacity again as he fouled Thomas Berthold and was booked, which meant that he would be suspended for the World Cup Final if England won the match.

When the allied armies on the Western Front collapsed in the wake of the German Spring Offensive and decimated the 10th and 16th Irish divisions, the Government attempted a month later in desperation to extend conscription to Ireland, which Dillon opposed with tenacity and in protest withdrew all Irish Members from the House of Commons.

In situations in which Uruguayans display bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, the expression " garra charrúa " ( Charrúan tenacity ) is used to refer to victory in the face of certain defeat.

He was nicknamed " the Crocodile " by fans because of his tenacity on the court ; he is also known worldwide as the creator of the Lacoste tennis shirt, which he introduced in 1929.

Perhaps for their tenacity and perseverance, the Australian South Sea Islanders achieved an untouchable status, which unfortunately was not afforded to the native Aboriginals of the time.

Halhed's tenacity of writing poetry did not abate till much later by which time he had written a diverse amount of poetry in the form of pleas and love poems.

In the dossier, which was received poorly by Sir George Mounsey, the Foreign Office assistant under-secretary-who believed that it did not gel with Britain's then contemporary policy of appeasement-Sinclair described Hitler as possessing the characteristics of " fanaticism, mysticism, ruthlessness, cunning, vanity, moods of exaltation and depression, fits of bitter and self-righteous resentment ; and what can only be termed a streak of madness ; but with it all there is a great tenacity of purpose, which has often been combined with extraordinary clarity of vision.

In 1992, they were inscribed on the World Heritage List " as an outstanding example of a monastic settlement in the inhospitable environment of northern Europe which admirably illustrates the faith, tenacity, and enterprise of later medieval religious communities ".

With these reinforcements he held his position throughout the night, and until his battalion was relieved next morning .< p > This young Officer was one of the few survivors of his company, and showed a magnificent example of courage, devotion and tenacity, which undoubtedly inspired his men to hold out till the end.

He was the chief plenipotentiary at the abortive congress of Durovicha, which met in 1664, to terminate the Russo-Polish War ( 1654-1667 ); he negotiated the Truce of Niemieża and it was due in no small measure to his superior ability and great tenacity of purpose that Russia succeeded in concluding with Poland the advantageous Truce of Andrusovo ( 1667 ).

The Society went through the records with great tenacity, suspecting that Price had exaggerated evidence to sensationalise events and to suggest supernatural causes for mundane phenomena.

The Order of Kutuzov is awarded to commanders of military units and their deputies, as well as to commanders of battalions and companies: for skilful organization and conduct of operations during which, despite the numerical superiority of the enemy, the objectives of the operation were met ; for tenacity in repelling enemy attacks from the air, land or sea, for retaining the combat readiness in designated areas of responsibility, for the creation of conditions for conducting subsequent operations with offensive purposes ; for skilful organization and control of troops ( forces ), establishment of prepared defences, maintaining close interaction between the troops ( forces ) involved in the operations, ensuring the defeat of the enemy or depth of damage inflicted depriving him the opportunity to continue his offensive ; for skilful conduct of combat on land and / or in the air, surrounded by superior enemy forces, for the organization of a breakthrough with the withdrawal of troops from the area without significant loss of combat effectiveness ; for the capture, with minor losses, of a major site of resistance, its communications, the defeat of his rear garrisons and bases, the capture and retaining of vital areas, repelling strong counterattacks by air, land and / or sea ; for successful execution of combat missions, displaying personal courage leading to the destruction of critical enemy military facilities and equipment on land, air and sea.