Word: diehardism
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...refused to Americanize their music. They wrote about small villages in England and about the problems of making ends meet in a working class environment. Musically, this was their finest era--particularly "The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society" and "Something Else." But, save the critics and few diehard patrons, few paid attention...
Banisadr's sudden escape stunned many diehard supporters, some of whom expressed a sense of betrayal after his earlier vows to stay and fight what he called "the new despotism...
...themselves-during the 1966-76 Cultural Revolution, returning from exile only after Mao's death. Under Deng, this group has sought to free China from the rigid constraints Maoism had imposed on industrial and technological development and on the modernization of the military. The gradual elimination of diehard Maoists from the party, government and military bureaucracies, and the conviction last November on treason charges of Mao's widow Jiang Qing, the leader of the "Gang of Four," greatly aided Deng...
Atop the organization, according to the investigators, was Venerable Grand Master Gelli, who is believed to have fled the country. A onetime mattress manufacturer, Gelli had been a diehard fascist during World War II. He lived for years in South America and used to boast about his connections with the late Argentine Dictator Juan Domingo Peron. Gelli apparently took over an ordinary Masonic lodge and then recruited members primarily on the basis of wealth and station...
Sparky Anderson's Detroit Tigers lost ten consecutive games. The hapless Chicago Cubs dropped twelve in a row before slipping and defeating the Cardinals 6-1. Some diehard Cub supporters have had enough. During the streak, a contingent of fans showed up at Wrigley Field wearing paper bags over their heads, and another group wore disguises. "We're too embarrassed to show our faces," said Disc Jockey Bob Del Giorno from behind a fake nose and eyeglasses. Season Ticket Holder Al Bernstein, however, is one of the many who declined to join the covered-face revolt...