Word: staunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fell among monetarists." When Thatcher summoned her ministers to No. 10 Downing Street, she told Prior that he could have the thankless job of Northern Ireland Secretary-or nothing. After some hesitation he accepted the post. The choice of Norman Tebbit, a blunt-spoken former airline pilot and staunch right-winger, as Prior's replacement signaled a toughening government stance toward the unions. Amid speculation that Tebbit would move swiftly, starting with an attack on the closed shop, he insisted he would be rational: "I am a hawk but I'm not a kamikaze...
Labor leaders have tried to impress upon the public the total unity of working people in this effort. Even AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland, a staunch anti-communist who has eschewed all ties with the more leftist of European labor federations, would not deny reports that the American Communist Party is among Solidarity Day's sponsors. Yet, even if the march attracts a large turnout, true labor solidarity will not yet exist. In spite of the AFL-CIO support for Carter, millions of rank-and-file workers turned out for a candidate who has traditionally opposed the minimum wage, social...
Maureen Reagan has been active in Republican affairs since 1964- before her father ever held public office. She has impressed women's groups-and alienated many G.O.P. regulars-with her staunch support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Says California Campaign Organizer Bill Roberts: "Her differences with her father could hurt her. But if she could get a bankroll, she could be devastating...
...continuing Israeli occupation of land Jordan administered from 1948 until 1967 galls, humiliates and weakens King Hussein, who has proved himself many times a staunch friend of the West. For all their own foot-dragging in the past, the Saudis have demonstrated true statesmanship-and implicitly recognized Israel's right to exist-in the way they helped mediate the current cease-fire in Lebanon. They are desperate for a U.S.-sponsored breakthrough in the Arab-Israeli conflict, largely to help them justify their own close ties with the U.S. Yet those ties are being strained anew by the determination...
...staunch Democrat who worked his way up through 19 years as a city councilman (he was council president for four years), Schaefer is a master at circumventing city hall bureaucracy. He has managed to push through major ventures like the Inner Harbor redevelopment and the subway now abuilding, by creating a series of quasi-public commissions. On every major civic commitment he has sought direct approval from the voters by referendum; he won all but one of them...