Word: steadfastness
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...Genelle's new faith in God touched my mind, heart and soul. None of us know all the answers, but there is a definite purpose for our being here. We must continue to give God thanks for our life, strength, peace of mind and the ability to be steadfast and persevere. God is a good God. SHARON SMITH London...
...those old steadfast lunch people, Jack F. Kaminski, has Berry refill his glass of Shiraz—he says red wine is good for his blood pressure—and joins in the conversation...
...distant as he is pleasant, as guarded as he is engaged, his very politeness a kind of barrier. His steadfast allegiance to the controversial Church of Scientology, his surprising split a year ago from Nicole Kidman, the gay rumors (and his diligent litigation in response) serve to remind us that despite all the ink spilled and all the gossip milled over the past two decades, Cruise remains someone about whom we have never quite been able to connect the dots...
...their colleagues' opinion. The three judges have expressed frequent and vocal displeasure over what they consider the Court's softening attitude toward the death penalty. For years there has been widespread speculation that Court moderates Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor are inching away from their steadfast support for the death penalty. Kennedy has cited his Catholic faith, which rejects the death penalty, as being at the heart of his own doubts...
...society. Why? Because the line is hard to draw in practice. Is the football coach who spends a bit too long towel snapping in the locker room after the game a predator or a sublimator? Because fear of succumbing to temptation must surely plague even those who remain steadfast, and imposing ruination as the cost of succumbing will drive such people away--or condemn them to a lifetime of psychological torture. Because, finally, even this obvious distinction between thinking and acting is being swept away in the nation's current frenzy over predatory priests...