Word: staunched
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...even then, he can be sure of Bryan's aid as long as he stays dry. Among the farmers anod working people. Bryan is strong, and the South is "solid" for McAdoo. A "dry" combination between these two, with McAdoo's name on the ballot, would be sure of staunch support...
...remoter regions of Copp's Hill and the Paul Revere district, the heart of Revolutionary Boston. Many hurry along Tremont a tombstone is inscribed "P. Funel" for Peter Faneuil, founder of the Hall. And how many as they step off the escalator, stop to notice the Park Street Church, staunch religious edifice whose basement once housed the store of a retail liquor-dealer, now metamorphosed into a tea-room...
Encouraged by the staunch support of the junkers, the collapse of the mark, and the attitude of England, the German cabinet has thus far been able to keep up a boldly obstinate front. It evades the hope, possibly, that Doomsday will soon arrive. When France threatened to occupy the Ruhr, it seemed that their hope would be granted, but England withdrew its offer to cancel the French war debt, and France withdrew its threat...
...Jerry, for the school,' said Milton, and thereupon the two friends, with their eyes shining in high resolve, shook each other's hands in staunch agreement...
...rest of the country perhaps it may seem absurd to bar a standard work like Webster; but New England as a whole and Boston in particular have a reputation to sustain. Law and Order, Liberty, and the Constitution have always found staunch support in the much maligned New England conscience. Other states may continue in their sordid ruts interpreting and tampering with the old traditions to suit their shifting advantages, but not so Massachusetts. Webster's is dangerous; the edict has gone forth; let it be abolished, even tho this mean Funk and Wagnall's, phonetic spelling and a thoro...