A short hop between would not affect his healing arm, but Canth became unexpectedly stubborn.

SLOW GROWING - Conceding that slumping housing prices are an unexpectedly stubborn drag on the economy, the Bush administration cut its estimate of the economic growth rate this year and pulled back its forecast for 2007.

Fed officials have acknowledged that their goal of a "soft landing" for the economy faces more risks from both directions - the possibility of unexpectedly slow growth and of unexpectedly stubborn inflation.

When the Liège proved unexpectedly stubborn, the Germans brought heavy siege artillery to bombard the forts with shells far larger than they were designed to resist.

I had a nasty confrontation with Queen Regent Ganondri, and after her timely demise the Goblin Kinglet became unexpectedly stubborn about keeping Antar imprisoned.

When the unexpectedly stubborn Turkish resistance led to an embarrassingly slow advance of the Italian forces, reinforcements were sent to Libya.