The autopsy found his stomach was empty, and in his bag was a tin of sardines, which had remained stubbornly closed to his frozen fingers.

Gamon*s face was still stubbornly closed to the idea, but Rhom sighed.

And her eyes were stubbornly closed because she knew that if she opened them they would be assailed by the incomprehensible stuff she had been told was "light."

Scott tapped at the screen, then growled as the file stayed stubbornly closed.

Wallets remained stubbornly closed at the affair, where tables sold for as much $25,000.

The youngster's ruby-red eyes remained stubbornly closed, though movement of his fingers showed that Jak was coming around.

From such scenes, many uncovered by an independent and hard-driving Tokyo district prosecutor, a portrait has emerged of Japanese business as a system that remains stubbornly closed to brash newcomers - foreign or Japanese - and addicted to using money as a lubricant for the personal relationships needed to accomplish an objective.

The white door on the right side should have swung up seconds later; but it remained stubbornly closed.

Evangeline tried again, hitting each number carefully, but the door remained stubbornly closed.