Word: staunched
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...staunch backer of the Palestine Liberation Organization, China finally succumbed to Jerusalem's courtship out of a desire to re-enter the world stage. Beijing wants to dispel the smoke of ostracism that still hangs over it from the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and fill the power vacuum left by the Soviet Union's breakup...
...addition, Buchanan has the staunch support of The Manchester Union-Leader, the only major state-wide newspaper. In a front-page editorial January 22, the paper unequivocally endorsed Buchanan (they actually printed the endorsement sentence in bold type), citing cartoonishly his belief "that America should be first" and "that we should remove ourselves from all foreign entanglements except for those that directly benefit the United States...
...Shamir for "correctly refusing to offer any guarantees that would limit the settlement" of Soviet Jews "anywhere in Israel." Last month Cuomo derided President Bush's Middle East maneuvers, saying, "I don't believe you should be evenhanded between the people who share your values and have been your staunch allies -- always, without exception -- and people who have not." One can only hope that to further peace, a President Cuomo would mute such talk, but then again the Governor is famous for saying exactly what he means and acting accordingly...
...week's end the East German still had two options: North Korea offered temporary refuge, while permanent sanctuary was held out by Dzhokhar Dudayev, the President of the tiny, self-proclaimed Chechen republic (which broke away from Russia's Chechen-Ingush region). A staunch anticommunist, Dudayev said he offered his hospitality "to save the honor of both Gorbachev and Yeltsin...
Harvard also gave him unparalled preparation for Olympic competition. Not only has Athletic Director (and two-time Olympian) Bill Cleary been a staunch advocate of Crimson players going to the Olympics instead of the pros, but Harvard also plays a brand of hockey similar to that encountered in international competition...