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Word Of The Day: Pertinacious

As Emily Dickinson would say, this is a word to lift your hat to:

pertinacious (puhr-tin-AY-shuhs), adj.: 1. Holding or adhering obstinately to any opinion, purpose, or design. 2. Stubbornly or perversely persistent.
To some, President Bush's Iraq policy has been pertinacious.

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