Word: staunch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even one of Martin's staunch admirers, Peter s. McKinney, associate dean of the division, says his boss's straightforward approach has been both "a blessing and a curse...
...staunch union man, Cole stayed out on strike and on July 27 was fired for waving a hammer at a busload of strikebreakers. Imrich, a 21-year veteran, held out for 50 days, but on Aug. 21 he crossed the picket line and returned to work. The first time Beverly Cole saw Lolita Imrich after Joe went back, "I just looked at her and said, 'Lolita, you are now a scab,' " she told TIME Correspondent Robert C. Wurmstedt...
...peep has been heard from Washington about the murder of Firmin Joseph. President Reagan still plans to visit Marcos in November, and presumably will praise him as a staunch upholder of democratic principles. Lame requests for the men who murdered Orlando Letelier continue, along with new rounds of economic and military aid. In Manila, in Brooklyn and in Washington, everything is under control. Don Corleone would be green with envy...
...were quick to accuse the Reagan Administration of faintheartedness. Richard Viguerie, a major fund raiser for right-wing causes, said the President was "Teddy Roosevelt in reverse. He speaks loudly but carries a small stick." Viguerie went so far as to voice a not-very-believable threat that staunch conservatives just might sit out a Reagan re-election campaign...
Clark, who had come from a family of staunch Democrats, became disillusioned with the party when Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown was Governor of California in the late 1950s and early '60s. His mother, Bernice Clark, once remarked, "He moved so far to the right, we can't even discuss politics." At about the same time, Reagan made his switch from Democrat to Republican...