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...these countless proposals and recommendations have been taken seriously, and an even smaller number have actually been adopted," noted a Senate Armed Services Committee study on defense organization last fall. Needless to say, merely rearranging boxes on an organization chart hardly guarantees success. Still, even among the Pentagon's staunchest allies, a search for meaningful reform is under way. Increasingly, the question is becoming not just whether to spend more on defense, but how to spend the money more wisely...
...godmother. (There were six godparents, headed by Charles' brother Prince Andrew.) Diana's relationship with her mother-in-law is amiable but not close. "A bit like the Queen and the Prime Minister," says one source. "A healthy respect, but no great affection." The Queen, who is the staunchest, most vigilant protector of the monarchy, is nonetheless well pleased by Diana's invigoration of the crown...
House Rep Thomas P. White (D-Worcester) and State Senator William Keating (D-Sharon) authored the bill. But House Rep. Frank Woodward (D-Walpole) was one of the bill's staunchest supporters. Woodward's 18-year-old daughter died in a car accident when her vehicle was hit by a drunk driver. His speech, in which he said she would have survived had she been wearing a seat belt, brought the house to its feet and won support for the bill from many legislators, Grossman said...
Many of Volcker's former critics in the White House and the Congress have changed their tune, but the staunchest supply-siders have yet to forgive him for the trade-offs associated with his policies. In particular, Rep. Jack Kemp (R-N.Y.), a possible 1988 presidential contender, blames Volcker for curtailing expansion by keeping interest rates high...
...again.' No, they have preserved those camps with enlarged pictures to show all the horrors for people to come and visit. They themselves have said we will preserve the memory of this so it never happens again. And now, today, you have a German people who are our staunchest allies and friends, for 30 years an ally in NATO, 40 years of peace. And it began virtually with the end of the war and revealed how widespread must have been the hidden repugnance of many Germans for what was going on. Now this is what I think is needed...