Word: staunched
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...NATO's intention to expand its membership into the former Soviet bloc. The issue could prove troublesome for Yeltsin in the upcoming election campaign, providing anti-NATO Russian nationalists with political capital. NATO's plans to expand are not new. The process has been underway since 1994, and encountered staunch Russian opposition from the start, even though NATO has officially recognized that Russia is not a military threat. "As far as the Russians are concerned, NATO is an anti-Russian military organization," says TIME's Bruce Nelan. "Further, the Czechs, Poles and Hungarians are scared of Russia and are interested...
...fairly assess Hillary Rodham Clinton's status without falling into one of the two media-produced camps? These days, it seems one must either join the majority in condemning Mrs. Clinton as a corrupt, adversarial Jezebel leading her husband into ruin or fight with the underdogs as a staunch Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter. These are the two ends of the spectrum, carefully constructed for us by the press...
...runaway inflation, a spiraling trade deficit and a sagging franc. Less than two years into the revolution, Mitterrand imposed stringent austerity measures to shore up the franc, ultimately turning his back on leftist economics. In foreign policy, Mitterrand, though instinctively hostile to U.S. domination, nonetheless proved a staunch ally at critical moments--like the 1991 Gulf War, to which he committed French combat troops. Determined to secure France's position in the post-cold war era, Mitterrand threw his full weight behind the cause of European integration, with the Franco-German axis as its motor. Mitterrand also launched some...
...chief Rene Bousquet, a Nazi sympathizer, long after Bousquet had been charged with crimes against humanity for his actions in deporting French Jews during World War II. But Sancton concludes that "Mitterand deserves credit for putting France on an unambiguously pro-European integration course. In addition, he was a staunch NATO ally during the Cold War and supported the United States during the Gulf War." After an unprecedented pair of seven-year terms as president, Mitterand left office in 1995, his health in decline. In his last days, the ex-president maintained an office in Paris and was often spotted...
Robert Coles '50, Agee professor of social ethics and a staunch supporter of PBHA, said at the rally that Lewis' statement about checking his calendar was callous...