Word: loyal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ulster Special Constabulary. The Specials--who were used only in emergencies-- were disbanded in 1970 and one of the reasons was that they recieved little training and had a long record of recklessness and brutality. The Orange Order made up a special lodge for them last year, the Loyal Orange Lodge 1970, in memory of what they said was the B-Specials' faithful service to Ulster...
Some observers pointed out that while Khandakar had served as Foreign Minister in the government-in-exile during the Pakistani civil war, he may not have been loyal to Mujib. There were allegations after independence that he had participated in U.S.-initiated attempts to prevent the breakaway of Bangladesh. Mujib piqued Khandakar by relieving him of the foreign ministry, appointing Dr. Kamal Hossain, who was in Belgrade when the coup occurred...
...Shapp, Terry Sanford and Fred Harris -have not aroused any enthusiasm in an electorate supposedly yearning for a new face. And with Ted Kennedy repeatedly rejecting all talk of a campaign, Humphrey is increasingly seen as a unifier who can keep the factious Democratic Party together. He still maintains loyal support among labor, blacks and farmers. Says a staffer on the national committee: "Any other candidate who depended on support from these groups would find Humphrey very formidable." His political base in the Midwest, especially in his home state of Minnesota, is secure. "Many Democrats are champing...
...investigation went on, O'Brien appeared to be a prime suspect despite the fact that he was known in the past to have been fiercely loyal to Hoffa, who had taken him into his family when he was three. The boy's father had just died-O'Brien claims he was killed on a picket line-and the Hoffas were very friendly with the mother, who was working as a union organizer. (She later remarried and started a new life.) Hoffa never formally adopted O'Brien, although he once took out the necessary papers...
...largest parcel handed out yet by a record company, Wonder's contract is worth as much as the Elton John ($8 million) and Neil Diamond (about $5 million) deals combined. Motown's announcement is strategically timed. There were rumors that Stevie might skip, but he is loyal. He says, "If it were not for Motown, many of us just would not have had a shot at success. I'm staying because it is the only viable black-owned company in the record industry...