Word: staunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...intuitions are always in tune, and he trusts his own feelings. All his political opinions have been born of feelings?the passionate antagonism toward Big Government resulting from his boyhood observations of Dixon and his own experiences with the progressive income tax once he returned from the military; his staunch anti-Communism from his days with the Screen Actors Guild in the late 1940s, when he packed a pistol for self-protection. He will read up on a subject once it has initially been proved on his pulses...
...ranked, 11-0, Georgia. Notre Dame blew its shot at the national crown with a loss to USC last week, but retains a good chance to upend Vince Dooley's Bulldogs. The Irish magic will fall short, however, and Georgia will prevail, 19-13, despite Notre Dame's remarkably staunch defense...
Hungry for a win, the hoopsters came out on to the floor keyed up and ready. Seven minutes into the first quarter they led, 17-8, and it looked like a rout was underway. The staunch Crusaders refused to buckle, however, and with unerring patience Holy Cross's big gun Mary Ann Palazzi and hook shot specialist began to chip away at Harvard's lead, drawing to within one point and then moving ahead with four minutes left in the half...
Resurrection risks offending orthodox believers and staunch rationalists alike and finding itself without an audience. Yet the movie manages to maintain its equanimity and effectively synthesize an agnostic faith in love, life, and life after life...
Forced to tread the fine line between gaining benefits for their unions and acting as adversaries to a staunch administration, union leaders at Harvard hold a thankless job. From all corners of the University, no matter what the specific union, isolated voices cry out for stronger action--strikes, grievances, unfair labor practice suits. The silent majority of Harvard's workers desires money in the pocket, job security and quiet. University officials no doubt relish this complacency and have an interest in fragmented unions. In the Medical Area, where District 65 of the United Auto Workers is attempting to organize clerical...