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...resolve and a hard-nosed foreign policy are necessary to counter the Soviet threat. Tsongas, who was elected to the Senate in 1978, was singled out as a potential spokesman for the "new liberalism" after a speech he made a year ago to the Americans for Democratic Action, a bastion of liberal purity...
...President Reagan early this year quickly proclaimed his commitment to a tight monetary policy, and the dollar's worth continued to climb. As Poland smoldered, the Middle East flared and the French voted in a Socialist government, jittery money traders and investors looked to the U.S. as a bastion of political stability. The dollar in recent weeks has reached a four-year high against the pound, a five-year peak against the mark and postwar records against the French franc and Italian lira...
...most significant attack on Watt has been made by the 4.7 million-member National Wildlife Federation, by far the largest conservation group and a bastion of conservative Republicanism. Two weeks ago, the federation sent a letter to the President calling for Watt's dismissal. Said Executive Vice President Jay D. Hair: "Evidence of Mr. Watt's unsuitability has become so overwhelming that the sooner he is relieved of his duties, the better it will be for the country and its resources...
...qualities of a Great American Hero. He was cynical, callous, and streetwise. He was always making seedy jokes, but he harbored the heart of the romantic. Hammett's Op never had a name, but you could never forget the voice. In some ways he was the last bastion of defense for the innocent. Beautiful women, chivalrous old men--they all lived in a dream world far above the thugs and petty schemers who were anxious for the quick kill and wanted to prey on all those nice people in all those nice houses. The Continental Op lived with the thugs...
...selection, adding: "Nine older men do not have the same perspective on issues like sex discrimination, reproductive rights or the issues that affect women's rights directly." Declared former Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, a black lawyer: "I congratulate the President. The Supreme Court was the last bastion of the male: a stale dark room that needed to be cracked open. I don't know the lady, but if she's a good lawyer and believes in the Constitution, she'll be all right...