Word: staunched
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...Asian trip to bolster those ties against recent strains, and to coincide with the annual meeting in Manila of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Manila trip, Shultz's second visit to the Philippines since Corazon Aquino toppled Ferdinand Marcos in February, was also intended to show staunch U.S. support for the new Filipino President, whose fledgling administration lacks the stability of an established government...
...Justice, he has been a consistent defender of states' rights against federal intrusion. At the same time, however, he has strongly resisted the efforts of other Justices to protect individual rights by broadly interpreting the Constitution. He is a staunch opponent of the controversial "exclusionary rule," under which illegally seized evidence is thrown out of court. A consistent proponent of the death penalty, he has railed against drawn-out legal appeals that delay executions...
...junior year, he was the Secretary General of College Conference, and this year arranged for the controversial visit of former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith to address the conference. "Ian Smith, I thought would be quite unique. He was a man who was a very staunch white minority leader but then he changed over to Black majority rule fairly peacefully. And I thought that would be a very interesting perspective, since South Africa is definitely in the news...
While missing out on the Marine Corps contract will not put much of a dent ) in Fiat's sales or profits, the prospect of being excluded from bidding on substantially larger Pentagon contracts worries Agnelli. He is a staunch supporter of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, the antimissile research program known as Star Wars. Says Agnelli: "Sure, I'm concerned. We're trying to participate in SDI. If Fiat is blacklisted, that could be a big problem...
...Staunch support of anti-Communists is a campaign centerpiece for Bruce Herschensohn, 53, an acerbic and deeply conservative commentator for the ABC television station in Los Angeles. Herschensohn's foreign policy acumen is often praised, lately by former President Nixon, who starred at a fund raiser for him in Newport Beach. Herschensohn commands the allegiance of many hawkish Republicans, but G.O.P. pros fear that he is the sort of somewhat scary hard-liner whom the incumbent Cranston has trounced in three straight Senate elections...