Word: staunchest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even the staunchest Ollie North supporters cheerfully blame him for Iran-Contra now. Charges against him were dropped last week and he can now afford to act as a buffer. Casey, too, is a welcome target, since he is even less likely than North to be indicted at this point...
Even with the staunchest efforts, cholera's march through Latin America could mean trouble for years to come. Before the massive outbreak that spread from Asia in the 1960s, cholera was rarely seen on the African continent. Now, however, it reappears there every year and claims hundreds of lives. The only effective solution is good public sanitation. "We know that these diseases are basically problems of drinking water and sewage," says Health Minister Camilo Gonzalez Posso of Colombia. "Until we attack those fundamental needs, we will always be vulnerable to tropical diseases turned plague." But according to the WHO, providing...
Occasional disputes divide the town. The argument about widening Highway 169 from two to four lanes where it passes through the business district sputtered on for 25 years. The staunchest supporter of the status quo was John Dreesman, millionaire farmer, a director of the Interstate Bank and a former city councilman who wore his bib overalls everywhere except to church. He and his wife Agnes had two extremely bright children whose horizons soon extended far beyond Iowa...
...Secretary of Transportation under former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Salvucci established himself as the staunchest advocate of the plan of build the 16-lane, 11-story interstate loop...
...coalition, either because of the impact on their public of the damage being inflicted on Iraq by the air campaign or because they want to pursue a diplomatic solution that falls short of our war aims, are not vital to the military campaign." Maybe, but some of the staunchest U.S. allies do not want to take any chances. "We quite frankly underestimated the support for Saddam in the Arab street," says a Saudi minister. "If we don't move to cut that off as quickly as we can, the postwar peace will be harder to fashion than even the most...