Word: staunchest
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Before Mr. Wilson was relieved of his coaching duties the CRIMSON received a letter from one of his staunchest supporters, who said the problem with Harvard basketball lay not in the coaching but in the recruiting. The coach's detractors replied that this might be true, but Wilson had been stamped as a loser and few decent basketball players were willing to play for him. It was a vicious circle...
...Staunch Ally. Drawing new attention to Australia's role as an Asian and Pacific nation, Holt traveled widely throughout Asia, strengthened ties with the U.S. and became one of Washington's staunchest Viet Nam allies. He raised Australia's military commitment in Viet Nam from 1,500 men to more than 8,000 and offered Australia as a rest-and-relaxation center for war-weary G.I.s. During two visits to Washington, Holt became close friends with President Johnson, once winking that he went "All the way with L.B.J." "He was steady, he was courageous," said President Johnson...
...Louise Day Hicks, the controversial School Committee member who is Boston's staunchest advocate of the neighborhood school system, led her nine male opponents in yesterday's preliminary mayoralty election...
...Egyptian cannon fired again last week, this time in welcome to one of the Arabs' staunchest friends, Josip Broz Tito. When the Yugoslav President's plane arrived in Cairo, Gamal Abdel Nasser warmly embraced his 75-year-old visitor. Then, after reviewing the Egyptian honor guard, the two leaders drove off to Nasser's presidential palace for three days of talk about war and peace...
Earlier this month, Rhodesia's 3,000 tobacco farmers, who have been the staunchest supporters of the white supremacist regime, heard their government's dictated solution. Next year's harvest must be cut by 34%, which means that some 600 of the country's farmers will either have to grow other commodities or get out of the business...