Word: loyalism
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...junta has claimed that forces loyal to you were responsible for the New Year's Eve bombings in Bangkok. How do you respond? I absolutely deny any connection. [Those responsible] must be brought to justice. Pointing a finger at somebody else, without evidence and investigation, is not right...
Pity poor Xiang Xiang. Pampered from birth, his every need anticipated by a loyal band of caregivers at Sichuan's Wolong Giant Panda Breeding Center, the baffled bear received the shock of his young life soon after his fourth birthday. Last April 28, he was driven into the middle of thick bamboo forest and abandoned, making him the first giant panda bred in captivity to be released by Chinese scientists into the wild...
...said Sir William de Tracy when he stepped forward at the end of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral to tell why he and three other loyal servants of Britain's King Henry II had just carried out the poisonous wish implicit in the King's angry question, "Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest...
...President admits that the Cabinet cleaning has not been easy. Addressing a conference of military commanders, she noted that the shake-up "involved men who were loyal and devoted friends of my late husband's. They served me well. But the call of national unity required me to remove them." She continued, "I tell you this, for you too have had friends that duty required you to change. I tell you this because you, more than anyone else, understand that duty and country must come first, for the soldier as well as for the commander in chief...
...American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based think tank. While the President has refused to say that his arms deals were an error in judgment, Bush declared, "Clearly, mistakes were made." He added, "Given 20/20 hindsight, call it a mistaken tactic if you want to." Carefully trying to be both loyal and politically prudent, Bush also had to worry about his own possible connections to the scandal. "I was not aware of, and I oppose any diversion of funds, any ransom payments or any circumvention of the will of Congress," he said. Yet there are still many questions about his role...