Word: steadfastness
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Tonis’ quiet and steadfast leadership through “the troubles” on campus earned him the enduring respect of both students and faculty...
Despite protests from powerful local officials, Amorello has remained steadfast in pushing for the deal, which would help the agency to pay for road improvements and toll programs...
...British aid money with foreign competitors. The stakes, argues chief executive of the British Consultants and Construction Bureau Colin Adams, are not actually that high: "These projects are a steady, long-term grind, without vast profits." Yet he and many others still hope the U.S. will allow "steadfast allies" to subcontract work, as they did in Afghanistan. Corus Sings The Steely Blues When conflict happens in a marriage, the most common reason is money. Last week Corus - the steelmaker forged in 1999 from the merger of British Steel and Dutch firm Hoogovens - looked perilously close to divorce. To address...
...defend themselves from allegations that would be thought completely outrageous if brought against any other group. For example, a columnist for the Yale Daily News argued last week that “the prevalence of Jews in American media, business and politics help explain America’s steadfast support for Israel...
...equal fury. In Beyond the River (Simon & Schuster; 333 pages), Ann Hagedorn tells Rankin's story as a window onto that era's most audacious utility, the Underground Railroad, the network of safe houses, sympathetic whites and free blacks that helped runaway slaves escape to the North. Rankin, his steadfast wife and reliable sons were among its major links--crucial enough that furious slaveholders put a bounty on the minister's head...