"This rewards political intransigence by compromising on the integrity of the tribunal," he said.

Surely we can be warned by the horrors being perpetrated in the former Yugoslavia about the results of political, religious and ethnic intransigence.

But the political intransigence of both Mayor David N. Dinkins and the City Council may still doom the office.

In Israel too there is a rising tide of nationalist fervor, religious messianism and political intransigence.

And the continuing political intransigence of the government has soured some of its neighbors on forging closer ties.

That won't be easy because it will require bumping into turf and seniority issues in both houses, but political intransigence is no excuse for inaction.

Green and others were able to overcome political intransigence.

But like almost all past plans, it has foundered on endless killings and political intransigence.

Unfortunately, political intransigence and bureaucratic inertia impede small arms control.

She said she abhorred political intransigence, adding that she did not want to get into a public dispute.