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...RESIGNED. BISHOP CARLOS BELO, 54, outspoken East Timorese Bishop for the Vatican and spiritual leader of his country's largely Roman Catholic population; claiming ill-health and the need for "a long period of recuperation"; in Dili, East Timor. A staunch defender of human rights, Belo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize with Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in 1996 for their efforts to bring peace to the region, is revered for standing up to the Indonesian military during its harsh rule of East Timor before the territory's in-dependence...
...With Chekhov, you always expect it to be kind of staunch, but it was very intelligent and funny,” said Amanda Brasher, a senior at the Boston Conservatory. “It was very accessible. That’s what will bring the public in to see these shows...
...Republicans as a Massachusetts liberal and proceeded to lead his party into winning back 26 Congressional seats in 1982. And while consensus building across party lines is an important attribute of an effective legislator, defining party lines is also an imperative role of a party leader. Pelosi is a staunch liberal Democrat, but that is exactly why she will be a perfect spokesperson for the Democratic Party. If Pelosi can offer a competing view to the rhetoric from the White House, this “concern” could work to her party’s advantage...
...don’t expect everyone to agree with me,” said Hatch, known as a staunch conservative since his election to the Senate in 1976. “Especially not Harvard students...
...says, implement a policy just to court popular approval, but he concedes that "it would be wrong to pretend that any politician could survive with-out resorting to minor populist measures at times." How would he determine when such a measure was in order? That, says this otherwise staunch proponent of capitalist individualism, would be a matter for cabinet-level collective decision making. Q&A: Bulgarians need to change - to stop expecting the government to take care of them. TIME: What is your agenda? How should Bulgaria's finances look at the end of your term? Veltchev: There are harder...