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recalcitrant

(adj): stubbornly resistant to authority or control
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17 days ago marc said:

...By last week, this peculiar state of mind had not only sucked thousands of American oil wells dry, stripped the rubber groves of Malaya, produced the world's most inhuman industry and its most recalcitrant labor union, but had filled U.S. streets with so many automobiles that it was almost impossible to drive one...

The Last Traffic Jam, Time Magazine, December 15, 1947

about 1 month ago cranewang said:

ree-KAL-see-trent

6 months ago kewpid said:

No, Mahathir Mohammed.

6 months ago bilby said:

Paul Keating.

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