Intransigence

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–adjective 

1. refusing to agree 

or 

compromise; uncompromising; inflexible. 



–noun 

2. a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics. 



Also, intransigeant.





　

The last months in the life of Irish Republican Bobby Sands, who starved [himself] to death in 1981 as a protest against the British government's intransigence over recognizing convicted IRA members as [political] prisoners, is harrowingly recounted in "Hunger." 



Pic reps a powerful, pertinent but not entirely perfect debut for British visual-artist-turned-feature-helmer Steve McQueen, who demonstrates a painterly touch with composition and real cinematic flair, but who stumbles in film's last furlough with trite symbolism. Pic's slow pace and uncompromising physicality may choke off some auds, but "Hunger" should pull in arthouse auds in moderate numbers domestically and travel offshore.



pertinent 

–adjective

It might be [pertinent] for you to make the suggestion to the president.

The lawyer wanted to know all the details [pertinent] to the case.



furlough

–noun 

1. Military. a vacation 

or 

leave of absence granted to an enlisted person. 



2. a usually temporary layoff from work: Many plant workers have been [forced] to go on furlough. 

3. a temporary leave of absence authorized for a prisoner from a penitentiary. 





refractory 

a refractory [child]. 

bigotry

which has an endless bigotry-friendly pocket book to give to [Proposition 8] in California.



impervious

invincible

cannot be conquered in combat or any manner

an invincible [army] [courage]

impregnable

a place cannot be taken, proof against attack, 銅牆鐵壁是也

an impregnable [fortress] [virtue] 

indomitable

unyielding spirit, or stubborn persistence, 不屈不撓是也 

indomitable [will].

no suffering is so dire that it cannot be [endured] and then [erased], to be [replaced]—in Rachel’s case—with an indomitable [smile]. 

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