Word: staunched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Massachusetts brought in reliever Jay Murphy to staunch the flood, but Giardi promptly stole second, setting up the second of the two lucky breaks...
...Even staunch believers in heredity's influence do not discount environment. In fact, the two are intimately entwined, and separating cause and effect is not easy. Biology may affect behavior, but behavior and experience also influence biology. Serotonin levels, for example, are not only controlled by genes but, according to research in monkeys, they can be lowered by regular exposure to alcohol. By the same token, says Kagan, a child with a fearless personality may turn into a criminal if reared in a chaotic home, but given a stable upbringing, "he could well become a CEO, test pilot, entrepreneur...
Clinton's plan not only raises the top corporate tax rate to 36%, but also restores much of the fiscal macrame that enriches lawyers and tax accountants. The real estate industry, a staunch Clinton ally, makes out very nicely. A proposal to limit the mortgage-interest deduction for upper-income taxpayers "received serious consideration" until late last week, Bentsen said. But it eventually "fell out" of Clinton's package because a limit even on mortgages above $300,000 might depress expensive housing markets. "What about New York, where so many of the mortgages are more than $300,000?" Bentsen asked...
...think Steve Kalkanis is a great candidate," said staunch Kalkanis supporter, David L. Duncan '93, who lost in the fall chair elections to Heinicke. "I think he is not only a hard worker, [but] he is [also] a perfectly respectable and trustworthy steward of the Undergraduate Council...
...million profit, one of the richest corporate paydays ever. Eisner alone raked in $202 million. The executives cashed in their options, which were set to expire in 1994, to avoid the tax increases that Bill Clinton has pledged to ask Congress for next year. While both men were staunch Clinton supporters, his proposed tax on wealthy individuals could have cost them an extra $20 million if they had waited to cash in their options. In addition, Disney officials said enactment of Clinton's corporate- tax proposals could also have cost the company as much as $100 million if the executives...