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<em>D. And thanks to my first story, I’d already met most of the school administrators in person and had the beginnings of an actual list of sources for future stories.
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The last statement of this except give the solid idea of what the entire story was all about. The purpose of writing this report lied solely on the information that would be obtained from the ground. That is the parties that were affected were in the right position of giving the reporter information about their challenges. Therefore that is the reason why their last opinion counted to the article the reporter was writing.
Determined is defined as <span> having a strong feeling that you are going to do something and that you will not allow anyone get in your way.
Stubborn is defined as </span><span>having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.
Connotation of determined and stubborn is being strong-willed and resolute. When you are determined, you have decided to do something. When you are stubborn, in doing what you have to do and presented with arguments, you still decided to continue what you are doing regardless of what others say.
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