Word: stoutness
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...Island Residents. Indigenas who endure the system without protest live peacefully enough. For those who rebel there is the palmatória-a stout, flat bat with holes in it. A dozen sharp blows of the palmatória on the open palm leave welts and blisters that last for weeks. Persistent troublemakers disappear quietly to the labor camps of São Tomé, Portugal's little island prison in the Gulf of Guinea...
...Over stout objections from the British and French that the only feasible course for apathetic Laos was Kong Le-style neutralism, the U.S. had pushed for and helped secure the victory for General Phoumi. But once ensconced in Vientiane, Phoumi (who is a second cousin and staunch admirer of pro-Western Strongman Sarit Thanarat in neighboring Thailand) showed no more zeal than any of his predecessors for running the Communists to ground. Though he is described as a "strongman," was he strong enough, or determined enough, to battle the Pathet Lao into submission and enforce peace? It seemed doubtful. Perhaps...
...land. When the potent Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. was founded in 1864, it was backed by 14 different firms-British, American, German, Indian, Turkish, Danish-and its first manager was a Frenchman. A British visitor warned that "anyone compelled to come by duty to Hong Kong should have a stout heart and a lively trust in the mercy...
...more than 150 years, Britain has been on stout-fellow terms with the Sultans of Muscat and Oman, a stretch of mountain and desert that the British Navy admired for its excellent harbors conveniently located near the entrance to the Persian Gulf. The great Nelson spent two months there as a midshipman in 1775; an early 19th century Sultan presented the Admiralty with a ship of the line in gratitude for British protection...
...Unsaleable Molly Brown (book by Richard Morris; music and lyrics by Meredith Willson) recounts-and where need be, rearranges-the true-life story of the illiterate Irish gal (Tammy Grimes) from Hannibal, Mo. who went forth into the world with a stout heart and flying fists to kayo success. She married a miner (Harve Presnell) who doted on her and, when he struck it rich, hid $300,000 in a stove, where it was burned to a crisp. When he struck it richer, she carted him to Denver, got mauled trying to crash society, and carted him to Europe...