Word: staunch
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...plans would let foreign companies run the for-profit toll roads for 50 years and would open up the border to Mexican truckers. Oil woman Anne Holland, a member of the Republican Inner Circle for years, is so irate she is voting independent for Strayhorn. "I have been a staunch Republican supporter for many, many years. The upcoming Texas governor's race is about to change that!" she says...
...page 129 of his book, Brooks writes: “During most of his career Du Bois presented himself as a staunch integrationist and demanded freedom of speech, education, ‘manhood suffrage,’ and ‘the abolition of all caste distinctions based simply on race and color...
...Markgraf is a graduate of Notre Dame, where she was a four-year starter, starting in every one of her 96 games. In addition, she served as captain her senior year and was a three-time NSCAA All-American defender. And as the Crimson is known for its staunch defensive play, Markgraf is looking to take it to another level this season. Last year, behind the tremendous work of Katie Shields ’06 in goal, Harvard notched a record eleven shutouts in sixteen games. And with two freshmen and one sophomore in the starting backline, Markgraf will look...
...expose for what they are and for the unjust practices they perpetuate.” Regarding The Harvard Crimson’s editorial board, a contributor who is anonymous on the website writes: “These opinions have swung to the Right in recent years, coming out in staunch support of discriminatory groups on campus, the occupation of Iraq, free market economics, and the administration of Larry Summers.” The Harvard Disorientation Guide is not the first of its kind in higher education. Similar publications exist at other universities, such as Duke and Columbia, whose...
...Bint Jbeil was a prime target for the Israeli army. The largest Shi'a town in the border district, Bint Jbeil is populated with staunch supporters of Hizballah, whose fighters are battling Israeli forces. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Hizballah's secretary-general, gave his victory speech here in May 2000 after Hizballah succeeded in driving Israeli troops out of their occupation zone in south Lebanon. Then, Nasrallah had described Israel as being as weak as a spider's web. Yet while Hizballah's anti-tank-missile-wielding guerrillas had inflicted high casualties on the attacking Israelis, the battle had left...