11.   Elite commando units were sent in to clear the square of its last stubborn resistance.

12.   Like Alabama Governor George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door, Mel Thomson became an emblem of stubborn resistance to change.

13.   Some construction executives cite a stubborn resistance in their industry to any new approaches to business.

14.   There will be stubborn political resistance too.

15.   Through five centuries of encroachment, the Arhuacos managed to preserve their way of life through stubborn resistance and political savvy.

16.   Unfortunately, attempts to mandate better teacher education in exchange for federal aid are meeting with stubborn resistance, both in Congress and in the states.

17.   After the coup, armed followers of the prince fled to northern Cambodia to carry on a stubborn resistance against the Hun Sen regime.

18.   But troops sweeping the city Saturday met stubborn resistance from Chechen snipers, the military said.

19.   Even if they managed to talk their neighbors out of using the military option to reverse the coup, the soldiers faced stubborn resistance from civilians at home.

20.   England missed four difficult chances to end the stubborn resistance of Ramnarine in the session.