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...bears some of the financial burden, and Washington has begun to make noises about Japan picking up more of the tab-U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer told a group of reporters last month "we would hope they would be able to spend more." But this is unlikely. Even as staunch a conservative as Hisahiko Okazaki, a former diplomat and an Abe foreign-policy adviser, says that Japan should focus on cementing the U.S. alliance, not on pursuing its own military destiny...
...Crimson’s 1-0 victory over the Bulldogs on Saturday was understandably characterized by staunch defense and clean pitching, while the 12-0 pummeling of Holy Cross on Wednesday was indicative of Harvard’s powerful offense...
Conversely, Lieberman does not share enough values with the Democratic Party he claims to represent. In fact, he has been building conservative credentials for years. Not only is he a staunch advocate of U.S. involvement in Iraq, he also wants to reform social security, and he publicly supports President Bush’s free trade agenda...
...According to Breyer, one potential explanation is that Taney might have tried to cut a deal with Justice Benjamin R. Curtis, a staunch abolitionist, to dismiss the case, but that Curtis’ might have rejected the deal, prompting Taney to take a hard-line position...
...Meanwhile the Governor who cuts the funds himself is slapped for compromising on stem cell research - even though some staunch abortion opponents have more textured feelings about where to put up the guardrails around research. One ABC news poll found that only half of all opponents of legal abortion oppose stem cell research. Blunt may want to think twice about playing the politics of guilt by association...