Word: staunchly
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After college, Lott returned to Pascagoula and practiced law. But within a year, he was offered a top staff job in Washington by the district's veteran Congressman, William Colmer, who chaired the powerful Rules Committee. Colmer was a staunch segregationist, in the mold of other legendary Southern Democrats of the time, including Senators Richard Russell of Georgia and William Fulbright of Arkansas. When Colmer announced his retirement in 1972, Lott declared his candidacy for the seat--as a Republican--and eventually won his mentor's endorsement...
...labels are silly in modern American politics.” Perhaps he is right about that; certainly it’s hard to take the traditional labels seriously when the Democrats’ best attempt to win this year’s elections was to pretend they were all staunch Bush Republicans and hope no one would notice...
...calls "regime change." A breakdown in the North's government could send a flood of millions of starving North Koreans into China, a situation that can be avoided if Kim remains in control. China also dreads a scenario whereby North and South Korea become unified. That could bring a staunch American ally, or even American troops, straight to China's border?exactly what propelled China to war 52 years ago. With that in mind, "China will never support a regime change in North Korea," insists Chu Shulong, a Tsinghua University professor and foreign policy advisor to China's leaders...
...RESIGNED. BISHOP CARLOS BELO, 54, outspoken East Timorese Bishop for the Vatican and spiritual leader of his country's largely Roman Catholic population; claiming ill-health and the need for "a long period of recuperation"; in Dili, East Timor. A staunch defender of human rights, Belo, who won the Nobel Peace Prize with Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta in 1996 for their efforts to bring peace to the region, is revered for standing up to the Indonesian military during its harsh rule of East Timor before the territory's in-dependence...
...With Chekhov, you always expect it to be kind of staunch, but it was very intelligent and funny,” said Amanda Brasher, a senior at the Boston Conservatory. “It was very accessible. That’s what will bring the public in to see these shows...