Word: stalwart
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...selection of Republican National Committee Chairman George Bush as chief of the U.S. mission in Peking, and Presidential Economic Counsellor Kenneth Rush as ambassador to Paris, served this purpose while filling important diplomatic posts with men of stature. Ford also intends to dispatch Peter M. Flanigan, another Nixon stalwart, as Ambassador to Spain...
...citation describes him as "a tireless opponent of poverty and injustice, a stalwart Christian leader offering life and hope to the downtrodden and defeated...
...Crimson stalwart wasn't the only resident thinclad to pick up points while in Philadelphia. Mel Embree jumped to 6 ft. 10 in. and a fifth place in front of 32,000 fans in Penn's Franklin Field. Embree, the Harvard record-holder, at 7 ft. 1/4 in., said yesterday that he didn't jump his best because he "was a little tired...
...versatile Bill Okerman and freshman stalwart Jeff Campbell teamed up for a winning one-two combination in the mile, with Okerman breaking a soggy tape...
Brown has shown his strength as a stalwart in the half mile. Stowell hinted that there would be some juggling in the middle distance lineup so it's a cinch that the speedy New York freshman will be able to flash some of that explosive sub-50 quarter mile strength...