Word: staunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...original member of the revolutionary government, resigned in March 1980, offering reasons of health, to concentrate on helping her son with the paper. One month later, La Prensa was paralyzed by a Sandinista-induced labor dispute that ended only when Pedro Joaquín's uncle Xavier, a staunch supporter of the Sandinistas, started his own newspaper, Nuevo Diario (circ. 30,000). When that competition proved ineffectual in undercutting La Prensa's influence, the Sandinistas employed sterner measures...
Defensively, the Crimson was very lucky against the youthful Terriers. The usually staunch back line missed many a tackle and left more than an occasional B.U. forward unmarked. Walsh was the bright spot, looking extremely strong in the air on high balls and taking on several one-on-ones with hard-charging strikers...
...always claimed to be a staunch supporter of the Atlantic Alliance. On the other hand, in French domestic policy, you have been for many years the promoter of the union of the left, the alliance with Communists. How can you reconcile those two positions of principle...
...itself experienced similar growth, raising its membership from its original membership of 14 to 32 at the time it dissolved, boasting another thousand staunch supporters within and outside the country...
Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, who introduced the order, referred to Kennedy's wish that his memorial library be built in Cambridge. Staunch opposition from some in the city kept the library out, but the school of government should remain a pure memorial to the Massachusetts native, Vellucci said...