Word: steadfastness
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...just this official caution and steadfast avowals that the University is already doing all it can to hire minorities that leaves Black faculty and administrators convinced they will have to be the driving force behind Harvard's minority and specifically Black hiring programs...
Nine days later Jimmy woke up. Recalls Pediatrician Paulette Harar at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, where the boy has been since Feb. 28: "He would lie on the bed sucking his thumb, curled up in a little ball. There commands like 'Sit up' or Steadfast work with therapists has helped Jimmy regain control over movement, speech and thought...
...shape and color of the "sleaze varies, but one thing has been remarkably consistent throughout the Administration's scandals--that is Reagan's steadfast support of his embattled appointees. Loyalty is an admirable trait, but blind loyalty is not--especially in the Chief Executive. Reagan's blanket support for Meese and others is egregious in placing personal loyalties above any regard for the integrity of federal law and the offices these appointees hold...
...such policies remain available, for future satellite launches. The loss of Westar and Palapa will cost underwriters $180 million. Also NASA could lose business if concern about the reliability of American rocketry encourages customers to turn to Europe's competing Ariane booster. Western Union, however, did appear steadfast. Said a company spokesman: "Yes, we shall use the shuttle again...
...Minister Margaret Thatcher, who has dispatched only 110 troops, largely as a gesture of loyalty to Reagan, has said that she will not "lead a retreat" by the four-nation force. France, which has about 2,000 men in Lebanon and has suffered heavy casualties, including 82 dead, remains steadfast in its role, probably because of its past colonial ties to the long-divided nation...