Word: staunched
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...term Congressman from Cajun country down in the state's southwestern bayou parishes. Moore and Breaux have all but ignored other contenders, like State Senate President Sammy Nunez, choosing instead to turn their fire on each other. Moore is the solid front runner. He has presented himself as a staunch Reagan Republican, appealing to conservative Democrats disillusioned by their party's mismanagement of state affairs. "The people in this state know that the rest of the country is seeing boom times," says Moore. "They are not blaming Reagan. They are blaming the local political system for not preparing the state...
Though he has never departed from his ideological passions, Reagan has proved to be consistently pragmatic about avoiding crusades that could forfeit his popular support. He has long preached family values but has not pushed any significant legislation advancing the conservative social agenda into law. He sends staunch messages of support to antiabortion rallies but never appears himself; he makes the right noises about school prayer but does not press for a constitutional amendment to legalize...
...Asian trip to bolster those ties against recent strains, and to coincide with the annual meeting in Manila of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The Manila trip, Shultz's second visit to the Philippines since Corazon Aquino toppled Ferdinand Marcos in February, was also intended to show staunch U.S. support for the new Filipino President, whose fledgling administration lacks the stability of an established government...
Wang's appointment marks an attempt by Deng Xiaoping and other top Communist Party officials to convince Chinese intellectuals that the repression of the Cultural Revolution will not recur. Writers, however, remain skeptical. Despite his advocacy of creative freedom, Wang has proved a staunch supporter of party policy on the arts...
...Justice, he has been a consistent defender of states' rights against federal intrusion. At the same time, however, he has strongly resisted the efforts of other Justices to protect individual rights by broadly interpreting the Constitution. He is a staunch opponent of the controversial "exclusionary rule," under which illegally seized evidence is thrown out of court. A consistent proponent of the death penalty, he has railed against drawn-out legal appeals that delay executions...