Word: staunchly
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...jarring. On Jan. 17, this paper’s staff published an editorial endorsing Senator John McCain for the Republican nomination, praising among other things his “unequivocal” stance on torture. The Harvard Crimson wasn’t alone in admiring McCain’s staunch opposition to torture. Democrats, Republicans, and Independents alike commended McCain for standing up against the current administration to ban the use of torture in the War on Terror. His courage led members of both parties to admire him as a trustworthy leader. For many, that admiration has changed to disbelief...
...could get things completely wrong--including civil rights. But what made him formidable was the number of things he got right. Buckley almost single-handedly drove anti-Semitism out of acceptable conservative thought. He was leery of Ayn Rand, Richard Nixon and the Iraq war. And he was a staunch anti-communist. His fixed star was the idea of human freedom. A sure applause line in presidential candidate Barack Obama's speeches this year holds that "it's possible to disagree without being disagreeable." William F. Buckley Jr. was proof...
...descendants of the British colonists whose actions are now being apologized for are far too sensitive about the negatives of colonization and not sufficiently staunch about the great amount of inspired, inventive, generous, inclusive, improving good that their forebears brought about for indigenous people. This point has been lost in a one-sided debate. Bruce Morley, Auckland...
...cult, however, the rise in Obama worship seems to have emerged as a groundswell from among the general public, not as the product of a planned campaign strategy. Indeed, Obama seems to be the latest victim of a political trend that most recently subsumed Republican candidate Ron Paul. A staunch Libertarian, Paul is certainly one of the more eclectic politicians running for president—his opposition to the Iraq War and free trade made him a pariah in most of the Republican debates...
...season,” Amaker said. “An area of concern is our ability to dig in, get a stop, and get defensive rebounds.”If any positives could be taken away from the game, one could point towards the Crimson’s staunch defense of the perimeter throughout the game. Although Harvard had no answer for Cornell’s Ryan Wittman—who led all scorers with 20 points—most of his baskets came on fast breaks or drives into the post. The Big Red went 2-of-13 from...