Word: staunchly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Ireland, a solution to its problems within the present demographic framework seems impossible. Why not try a population transfer of either Catholics or Protestants? The transfer of Catholics to the Irish Republic would leave a small but more homogeneous and justifiable British substate in Ulster. Alternatively, the transfer of staunch Protestant Unionists to Britain would make possible a united Ireland. The difficulties would be small compared with those that have plagued Northern Ireland for the past 50 years...
...architect. The book--The Fountainhead--told the story of a man who dynamited a public housing project because officials had altered his design in violation of previous promises. Despite rejections from 12 publishers, the book was eventually published. It sold over three million copies and earned Rand thousands of staunch admirers...
...years ago next month, Chester W. Hartman '57, an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Design, was told that his contract would not be renewed the following year. Hartman, a staunch advocate of socially-oriented city planning who opposed Harvard's housing policies in Cambridge, had founded the Urban Field Service in 1968. In 1969, he worked with radical Harvard political groups during a Spring which culminated in the occupation of University Hall...
Finally, I should like to make clear that my unwillingness to build a new House does not imply any lack of support for the House system, for which I am a staunch advocate. In today's financial climate, however, if we were to wait until we could raise the millions of dollars required to build a House, the proposal would have to be postponed for an indefinite period. As a result, it seems prefereable to proceed immediately to develop some imaginative new form of housing that will be attractive at least for the students who will occupy it. If funds...
...Your vote will not be forgotten or forgiven." Deputy Labor Leader Roy Jenkins, the staunch pro-Marketeer who led his party's rebels, put his job on the line; he must stand for re-election to his post this week and could well be dumped by vengeful colleagues. As Jenkins left the Commons, a Labor backbencher chanted: "Traitor, traitor...