Word: staunched
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...been scoring large gains for their members of late; perhaps they sense that District 65 would not prove a worthy ally in the struggle for better wages and fringe benefits. Either Harvard has been a satisfactory employer or district 65 would not provide substantially stronger advocacy, they conclude. Staunch solidarity among workers can sometimes prove painful, as followers of the recent air traffic controllers' debacle can attest. A union's ability to mobilize support through unity not-withstanding, it may be said that the Med Area's clerical and technical workers fear strikes and the uncertainty they create as much...
Fulminations from radical Arabs were to be expected. Far more troublesome and discouraging is a sour mood in Saudi Arabia itself. Officially, the desert monarchy showered Reagan with praise for his staunch battle on behalf of the AWACS. But TIME editors on a news tour of the Persian Gulf region with U.S. businessmen heard a different line from Saudi officials, beginning with Prince Abdullah ibn Abdul Aziz, No. 3 in the Saudi hierarchy. "I personally am hoping for the failure of the vote today," he said only hours before the Senate roll call. "That would be an eye-opener...
...Eagles will, no doubt, prove more competitive than the Jumbos did yesterday in Somerville. Tufts managed only three shots against Harvard's staunch defense, while the Crimson pounded the Tufts goal...
...like it or not, compromise seems to be on the agenda for many in the city. About a week after the election, the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce will release a detailed study of rent control in the city. Though the Chamber has traditionally been a staunch opponent of rent control and an advocate of condominiums (eliminating the first and encouraging the second was the best answer to Proposition 21/2, they insisted last year), the report will "surprise people with its balance," one source in the Chamber said recently. The study is expected to agree with an earlier report done...
...Irish, his scheme goes, developed a staunch belief in the futility of concerted and sustained effort to do much good. Oppressed by an alien culture and political power, while mired in hopeless poverty, the Celtic natives developed habits and a frame of mind that characterized them in the New World as lazy and improvident. Signs reading, "No Irish need apply," that freely hung around Boston, reflected more than prejudice, but the honest judgement of employers who could only use national origin to screen for stable workers...