Word: stanchest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...example, we have promised to keep you posted (and have kept you posted) on such news stories as the rat-race in Spain and how Franco's stanchest supporters are getting set to run out on him . . . on the latest tricks of the U-boat packs that may mean rising losses on the Atlantic again ... on the nervous lootings of Britain's shipping magnates at the prospect of a big, permanent U.S. merchant fleet ... on the strength of Lord Louis Mountbatten's command in Southeast Asia and the signs that action over there cannot be far away...
...Moslems, 27% Hindu, 13% warrior Sikhs-into a coalition Government which brought internal peace to the Province and has raised 500,-ooo troops to fight the Axis. Last week, at Lahore, the fruitful work of Sir Sikander was ended: a sudden heart attack brought death to Britain's stanchest friend in India...
California (44): "Even Willkie's stanchest supporters here concede that he would have trouble winning the nomination again. Said one of them this week: 'Frankly, I'm disappointed in Willkie. He seems to have everything that it takes to win the Presidency, but he also seems to lack the special kind of leadership ability that would make his election possible. When the last campaign was over, he had an army of 22,000,000 to help him fight for his cause. But he walked off the field and left them. If he had kept his organization together...
From India came this comment on the Indian problem by Chakravarti Rajagopalachariar ("C. R."), stanchest United Nations friend at liberty to speak his mind: "Whoever is to blame, they have succeeded in creating a great mess. The extension of the Viceroy's term symbolizes the situation most completely. Every party is sitting tight. . . . Now the situation is more difficult than before...
...lavish regimental colors with a new set of eight battle-streamers marking the participation of Citadel men in as many operations in the Civil War. The school is also proud of a streamer (added in 1939) embroidered "Confederate States Army," for The Citadel is the nation's stanchest stronghold of the Grey traditions...