"I've been doggedly holding on to it," he said.

The festival doggedly holds on to its identity as an incubator of talent and its sense of place in the American West, says Judith Hussie, the festival's artistic director.

Admittedly something of an anachronism now, as Wengen has changed and the congregation has diminished, Mr. Watson holds doggedly to his sense of mission.

The devel- opment of control comes after the groundwork has been completed; it consists of systematically main- taining the dreaming position by doggedly holding on to the vision of the dream.

He doggedly held the handkerchief under her eyes.

Without fighter escort and doggedly holding course, the unwavering formations released supplies on the old dropping zones.

Gasping terribly for air that was no longer there, holding onto his senses doggedly and grimly, he made shift to close the outer door of the lock and to turn a valve.

But still for another hour, and yet another, and yet another, they held doggedly on.

Even in the worst weather when all the other small craft had been driven to seek shelter, Tasuz was doggedly holding his position.

The Soviets doggedly held the ferry building on September 14 with one hundred troops and a semi-operable tank.