Word: steadfast
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contested, there is a broad understanding of the concept. There is no consensus, however, on what establishment of religion is or what it signified to the Founding Fathers. Law Professor A.E. Dick Howard of the University of Virginia says the Supreme Court has had difficulty forming "a consistent, plausible, steadfast interpretation" of establishment. More bluntly, former U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee snaps, "The law's a mess...
...question. A country that has gone through several abrupt changes of political direction in the past 40 years was perhaps about to face another major shift. During the past decade, Deng led the most adventurous economic reform program ever undertaken by a Communist country, and Hu, 71, was his steadfast second in command. The two pushed through economic liberalizations that freed the country from the iron hand of central planners and opened a road that appeared to lead eventually to more personal liberties...
...make Americans ignore the rest of his pernicious policies. Ignore the fact that his Administration has seen the poverty rate escalate to its highest level since the late 1960s; the fact that he won't introduce stricter sanctions against South Africa despite opposition from even his most steadfast supporters; the fact that his elevation of Associate Justice William H. Rehnquist garnered more Senate opposition than any other Chief Justice nomination ever...
...crew members are 20th century grunts unregenerately projected into the far future. Led by the usual by-the-books lieutenant who is incompetent and by the usual kick-ass sergeant who is supercompetent, their numbers naturally include Hudson (Bill Paxton), a coward, and Hicks (Michael Biehn), a quiet, steadfast type, who turns out to be the bravest...
...suicide was perhaps the most macabre episode in a week of violent demonstrations against the authoritarian government of President Chun Doo Hwan. The protests have been inflamed in part by Washington's steadfast support of the Chun regime. On Wednesday 21 students broke into the offices of the U.S. Information Service and the American consulate in the seaport city of Pusan. Staff members escaped through a back door as angry protesters rampaged through the building. After an hour, they were driven out by 100 riot police...