Word: staunch
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...current level of antipathy toward IRIB, however, is unprecedented and proving worrisome to even staunch allies of Supreme Leader Khamenei. Ali Larijani, the current Speaker of parliament who formerly headed IRIB, recently said that "the IRIB should not act in a way that provokes people." Such rare criticism, especially from a key political figure who backed Ahamdinejad's electoral win on cue from Khamenei, suggests the delicate fissures within the regime's backing for the President...
...Yershov's sentiments - and those of nearly everyone else TIME spoke to in Pikalyovo - are playing out at checkout counters in shops all over town. "People are only buying the cheapest brands. It's like they don't believe the change will last," says Oksana Gavrilova, a staunch Putin supporter who had worked at the EuroCement factory for eight years before she was laid off. Leaning down into a nearly empty cooler to grab a kielbasa, she says, "Without the factories, Pikalyovo is nothing...
...members. However, by drawing a line between “supporters” and “opponents” of ROTC over the issue of official recognition, the HRC poll conflates the large number of ROTC supporters concerned about discrimination on campus with a small minority of staunch military opponents, much to the detriment of an open and productive dialogue...
...what is frustrating about the situation is that The Times’s plans for The Globe amount to the same tired tactics that have been tried time and again—pay reductions and layoffs for Globe staff. While this might staunch a small portion of the blood—the target is to reduce the losses to $65 million—it is hardly a long-term solution. After all, given The Times’s own deteriorating finances, a $65 million loss doesn’t seem very sustainable over the long haul either...
Obama has in the past taken a pro-choice position on the issue of abortion, and Glendon, a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and a prominent Catholic intellectual, is known for her staunch pro-life stance in accordance with Church doctrine...