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We often read about overwrought ladies reaching for their vinaigrettes, or of stalwart heroes reviving a swooning damsel by waving a vinaigrette beneath her nose.
The good news for Gators fans is that the team is blessed at line-backer, with stalwarts such as Byron Hardmon, Mike Nattiel and Matt Farrior.
Ildefonso Schuster, son of a stalwart Swiss-German officer in the Vatican's famed Swiss Guard, is accounted an Italian Cardinal because he was born in Rome. Time Magazine on the Elevation of Ildefonso Schuster
They had been down to the Balesuna making an alligator trap, and, instead of trousers, were clad in lava-lavas that flapped gracefully about their stalwart limbs. Chapter 8
This has been an ongoing discussion for quite some time, with the reddest of the right-leaning anti-public broadcasting crowd fixing to "defund" and altogether eliminate some of the stalwarts of American news such as NPR and PBS. Charles D. Ellison: Juan Williams: Clever Double-Play or Conservative Cause Celebre'

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He had known for ever so long why at the head of each battery there rode a stalwart bombardier, and why he was called a bombardier; immediately behind this bombardier could be seen the horsemen of the first and then of the middle units. The Party
It was probably the biggest-ever gathering of stalwarts in the music field in recent times.
In addition, there are stalwart slides, reels and hornpipes all played with enthusiasm and character.
She has been a stalwart supporter of the party for many years.
Nobody can predict how a soldier will behave under fire. A wild and headstrong person can be a pain in the neck in peacetime, but a stalwart leader in war.
Nationalist stalwarts foregather in Elgin tonight to adopt their candidate for the forthcoming Moray by-election, now declared for April 27.
So I figged up, and when I regarded myself in Skene's cracked mirror - blue tunic and breeches, gold belt and epaulettes, white gauntlets and helmet, well-bristled whiskers, and Flashy's stalwart fourteen stone inside it all, it wasn't half bad. Fiancée
Then had stalwart Gernot of Burgundy nigh done brave Iring unto death, but that he sprang away from the prince (nimble enow he was), and slew eftsoon four noble henchmen of the Burgundians from Worms across the Rhine. The Nibelungenlied
From beyond the canyon's ridge, a wonderful bugle call charged the air, pounding hooves, belonging to the stalwart super troopers of Holt's Rangers raced to The Alamo in all their red, white and blue glory.
Jay Haley is arguably the most stalwart hold-out in the family therapy field for the strong-sense idea of symptom function.
For Frank Lenahan, a University Cafe stalwart enjoying a mid-morning coffee with his friends, however, the soap ‘lacked the vigour and pith of Scottish life’.
A Congress stalwart like Jinabai Darji is on the warpath and the Seva Dal chief has resigned.
On the whole, he leaves the rough talk to his party stalwarts. Times, Sunday Times
The two stalwarts who aided him in defining his sculptural terrain were Michelangelo and August Rodin.
Before my wondering eyes the straggly but still stalwart pansies were ripped from their root systems and with lightning moves caladium bulbs took their place.
He clearly adores his kids, who are all stalwart, funny and, for tweeners, preternaturally considerate.
a stalwart knight
Hector and his stalwart Trojan army force the Greeks into a retreat.
_On y va, patron_," cried one of the fellows, cheerfully, and jumped into his dinghey, while his comrade still stared and grinned, and the stalwart lads of the _Peregrine_ grinned back at the queer foreign figure with the brown cap and the big gold earrings. The Light of Scarthey
Stalwart cricketer and former president of Glusburn cricket club has died aged 80, after a short illness.
The wanderer ventured forth into the eternal pass of cragged rock, worn with lines of age, yet stalwart and strong with thick trunks of stone bolstering the walls.
WHEN WE THINK of the apostles—those stalwart disciples of Jesus—the word waiter usually does not immediately come to mind. Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible
The rough, tough, gruff trope is stolen from In the Red by the late Mark Tavener, an early stalwart of the Liberal Revue. House Points: Eric Pickles and MPs' expenses
The stalwart Mazzy Fentan has earned a legendary amount of fame serving the cause of good.
By contrast, the old stalwarts of the 1970s interviews are most definitely characters. The Times Literary Supplement
They have been stalwarts of the local amateur dramatic society for over 30 years.
When he had seen those stalwart beasts in their distant pastures and watched as they moved slowly toward him, white faces shining against red coats, he felt a knife-thrust of pain as he recalled the vicissitudes he and his family had brought upon this noble breed. Centennial
ÂSome stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
But that doesn't mean we're likely to see a flowering of Tunbridge Wells babes or Peterborough popsies where highminded headlines and stalwart values used to reign supreme.
He has already brought stalwart supporter Arthur Cox in to oversee scouting in Britain and the manager has promised to scour the lower divisions looking for promising talent he can bring on.
An international playboy and fraudster has emerged as a hero of D-Day as stalwart as any man who stormed the Normandy beaches. Times, Sunday Times
A stalwart at the parish church, she was an unusual backstreet ` bookie ". GOODBYE CURATE
His free-trade policies aroused suspicion among Tory stalwarts.
Her partners are the engagingly prickly guitarist Nels Cline, the stalwart bassist Todd Sickafoose and the polymorphically propulsive drummer Jim Black. NYT > Home Page
They came out from the shelter of the cedar forest with a rush, yelling furiously, each man waving his long jezail in his left hand, while a long curved tulwar, keen as a razor, flashed in his right -- big, stalwart, long-bearded, dark-eyed men, with gleaming teeth and a fierce look of determination to slay painted in every feature. Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills
An excellent archer, he lived in Sherwood Forest with the fair Maid Marian, the stalwart Little John, the priest Friar Tuck, the musician Allan-a-Dale, and others who helped him rob rich landlords and thwart his chief enemy, the sheriff of Nottingham. Robin Hood
Naturally, the stalwarts of the anti-apartheid movement did not care a fig about any of these concerns. Times, Sunday Times
If our culture was hard-won, the stalwart conservatism of her background made Roundhay a den of Bohemian anarchists in comparison.
In addition, there are stalwart slides, reels and hornpipes all solid session tuned played with enthusiasm and character.
I should say that I'm a stalwart supporter of free software and of open access to the scholarly and scientific literature.
Some old stalwarts appear in the traditional character parts but there are also some newcomers.
Martha was a capital cook, and little Annie a sharp sentry; it was J. B.'s great dread that we'd arouse suspicion among the local people - for Americans are the nosiest folk on earth, prying into every newcomer's business, trying to get sight of his furnishings and guess how much money he's got (being neighbourly, they call it), and the arrival of six mysterious stalwarts was enough to set the countryside agog. THE NUMBERS
Her stalwart support has seen her raise more than a thousand pound every year for the society.
` ` Leave Poll alone; she's in one of her trances! '' called a motherly, good-natured woman whose trunk stood next to Polly's, and whose business was to support a son and three daughters upon stalwart shoulders, both figuratively and literally. Polly of the Circus
Nationalist stalwarts foregather in Elgin tonight to adopt their candidate for the forthcoming Moray by-election, now declared for April 27.
This Labour stalwart is the Luftfur Rahman who was a selectorial candidate for the PPC-ship at Bethnal Green and Bow, and not the one who is Leader of the Labour Group at Tower Hamlets, or the one who recently completed the clear out of Longsight, Manchester by ousting the false pretences Lib Dem gate maker Liaqat Ali. Trial by Jeory: Getting All Anal Over CV Massage
Yushchenko had asked the protesters to strike the camp last week, but many were reluctant to decamp and many stalwarts only began leaving Friday or Saturday.
Light armor and weaponry, surcoats and banners with the Boarsden blazon for disguise, everyone looking spruce and stalwart. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
They don't like the public being reminded that it was GOP stalwart Phil Graham's crusade for the dismantling of the Glass-Steagall Act, that was put in place after the Great Depression to protect the financial system from this kind of rapacious Republicanism, that was, in large part, the hole in the greed dam that put the economy where it is today. Brian Ross: Why Republicans May Be Barack's Best Buddies at the Stimulus Luau
This meant that club stalwart David Harrison rode with sighted Mark Johnson, a work colleague he recently recruited as a steerer.
Despite some stalwart work by those at the helm of the second and youth teams, the structures that support them are insubstantial, and the development of the game in the community is patchy at best.
In this show, these three stalwarts of the international comedy scene pooled their comic resources with devastating effect with a mix of stand-up, sketches and improvised material.
Earlier in the tie Manchester stalwart Nick Taylor beat the visitors' third string Sam Miller 9-7 9-5 7-9 9-6 to begin the home team's victory surge.
He joins that elite group of Town stalwarts at a time when his future is uncertain.
At Hogwarts, however, the remote and castellated establishment where Harry Potter pursues his studies, there are girls everywhere: eccentric girls, stalwart girls, mean girls, ghost girls who live in the toilet, girls you get crushes on, girls you can kiss … Is this how a sorcerer is made? Sex and the Single Wizard
If our culture was hard-won, the stalwart conservatism of her background made Roundhay a den of Bohemian anarchists in comparison.
Carole Rothman, artistic director and founder of Second Stage, who in the past was known as a stalwart supporter of female artists said: Women Playwrights Demand Equality
Players, officials and supporters at Corsham Rugby Club have been paying tribute to a stalwart committee member who died on Friday aged 69.
Will Viva be able to continue their good work even without the support of these stalwarts?
On Windows computers, your Lifehacker editors use Texter, while the Mac writers run TextExpander (your sole Linux stalwart is tinkering with AutoKey at the moment). Top 10 Productivity Basics Explained | Lifehacker Australia
Light armor and weaponry, surcoats and banners with the Boarsden blazon for disguise, everyone looking spruce and stalwart. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
Mrs Taylor regularly ran Salisbury's soup kitchens, providing hot food for the hungry, and she was a stalwart supporter of the homeless trust.
Leave Poll alone; she's in one of her trances!" called a motherly, good-natured woman whose trunk stood next to Polly's, and whose business was to support a son and three daughters upon stalwart shoulders, both figuratively and literally. Polly of the Circus
It developed the high street stalwart's first machine-washable suit and provided about 40% of its men's formalwear last year. Times, Sunday Times
Within a period of a little more than a decade the stalwarts of the movement were found faltering in a state of utter frustration.
Opera Chorus, under William Vendice's stalwart hand, brought a bit of needed oomph to an otherwise bland evening.
In autumn sunshine, Royal British Legion stalwarts and young uniformed cadets stood shoulder to shoulder.
The daisies are a stalwart little people altogether. The Extra Day
In fact, some party stalwarts, particularly those from the religious conservative wing begged him to seek the nomination.
The announcement was immediately followed by panegyrics to O'Connor, who was described by Democratic and Republican leaders alike as a stalwart defender of liberty and democracy.
Broadway musicals in the 21st century are a pastiche, a mixture of rock and roll revivalism, fan friendly stalwarts, campy film to footlight adaptations, and brazen experimentation.
He was a stalwart supporter of Shamrock Gaels GAA club and, of the sport in general.
They have some very promising youngsters coming through as Father Time catches up with a few of their long serving stalwarts.
Depp is the detective trying to protect her and the rest of the cast includes stalwarts of British acting such as Ian Holm and Robbie Coltrane.
Elsewhere, industry stalwarts have begun to allege openly that churning is rife.
ÂSome stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
He's been a legend in his own time, one of those stalwarts of network news who made cable news.
But not just any ship, it needed to be fast enough to sail the seas undetected and yet fearsome enough to do justice to my stalwart piratical persona.
His lordship is meekly going to dine at an eightpenny ordinary, his giants in pawn, his men in armor dwindled to “one poor knight,” his carriage to be sold, his stalwart aldermen vanished, his sheriffs, alas! and alas! in gaol! George Cruikshank
So far, stalwart consumers, a solid housing sector, and stimulative government policies give reasons for optimism.
Alliot-Marie, a Gaullist stalwart, had fought to retain her job, saying as late as Saturday that she would be in Geneva later this week for an international meeting on Libya. Sarkozy fires foreign minister over vacation at Tunisian resort
John McCain and Lindsay Graham are not known as stalwart opponents to the measure. The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggers agree: Little chance for immigration bill, and they hate the VAT
Yes, laugh as ye will, ye lovers of gin and beer and whisky, one who has tried it, and has seen it tried by hundreds of stout stalwart men, tells you that the teetotaller is the best man for real hard work. Away in the Wilderness
York's defence was stalwart and the forwards worked themselves to exhaustion to keep their lead.
She has been a stalwart supporter of the party for many years.
It pains us to see a formerly stalwart promoter of the corporate agenda side with what we at Murray Hill Inc. call the "bodied humans,", even if Schultz' idea makes a hell-bound snowball look positively indestructible. Murray Hill Inc.: Howard Schultz and the Heartbreak of the Self-Hating Corporation
Giuseppe is thereupon dispatched for a reinforcement of navvies; and thus, by the help of some three or four stalwart fellows, the landau is lifted bodily over; the horses are led across and re-harnessed; and, after a little more pushing and pulling, a rough cart-track on the other side of this Rubicon in gained in safety. Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys
York City FC has never won a major trophy, never even played in the top League, and has a supporter base of no more than 4,000 stalwarts.
Many different cultures seem to encourage an admiration of stalwart male endurance in times of stress. Why am I Afraid to Grieve
Then, having made the case that the Tea Partiers are deficit stalwarts, Hulse pivots seamlessly to say: "The clout of the freshmen and other House conservatives was clearly seen in the decision by Speaker John A. Boehner to pull back from trying to reach a sweeping deficit deal that would have taken new revenue while tinkering with Bush-era tax cuts that many House Republicans hold sacrosanct. Jonathan Weiler: New York Times Acts as Press Secretary for House GOP Freshmen in Deficit Fight
Mr Fallows was a stalwart committee member whose name appeared year after year on the trophies, and the Horticultural Society Committee will be meeting shortly to decide upon some form of permanent memorial to him.
Collectively though, these blue chip stalwarts with their predictable, regular custom should not disappoint at current prices.
All over England, buildings that had once stood stalwart against rain and wind lay in crumpled heaps or were reduced to ash and rubble. The English Civil War: A People's History
They hoped to learn some of the 108 ways to drape a sari from the grand aunty of the garment: Rta Kapur Chishti, a textile historian and sari stalwart. Reinvention of the sari brings a comeback on catwalks, at cocktail parties
Light armor and weaponry, surcoats and banners with the Boarsden blazon for disguise, everyone looking spruce and stalwart. IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE
As a result the clan stalwart and laird was tried by a jury of Campbells and, not surprisingly, was convicted as an accessory to the murder.
He was soon landed by the stalwart Martha and Alec, and, while he attitudinized for draining, the Professor amused himself with taking an instantaneous photograph. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885
Cowell's sucky soothsaying aside, the singing competition has settled in as a steady, even stalwart, ratings performer. Ratings: The X Factor Establishing Itself as a Steady Performer
The first of the stories about a stalwart group of alien colleagues saving the world, solar system, galaxy or universe from immense threats, whether by massive ship battles, chases, or a bit of good old fashioned biffo. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Space Heroes A Brief History
The wanderer ventured forth into the eternal pass of cragged rock, worn with lines of age, yet stalwart and strong with thick trunks of stone bolstering the walls.
My brother's close association with them also meant that I could learn directly from those stalwarts.
That would represent profit growth of about 17 per cent for the year at a time when many high street stalwarts are struggling. Times, Sunday Times
The quintet played an arrangement of a Mozart piece for clockwork organ and original works by Danzi, Barber and Ibert: all stalwarts of the repertory. Berlin in Lights: Uptown, Downtown, All Around the Town - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
FRESNO -- Gottschalks department stores, a former Bakersfield and Fresno icon and stalwart of Bakersfield.com Latest news
A fat, stalwart, bacchant, boorish race they are, giving signs of anything but fasting and flagellation; and I know of nothing that would so dissipate the romance which invests monks and nuns in the eyes of some, like bringing a ship-load of them over to this country, and letting their admirers see and smell them. Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge
The script encored the central dynamic that DeMille had used on Union Pacific and North West Mounted Police: a stalwart hero (who in this case does origami), and a lusty, semi-heroic figure who, through a single weakness of character, turns bad but atones by dying nobly (Robert Preston in the earlier films, Wayne in the new one). Empire of Dreams
Few people could have made a less favorable impression or turned out to be such a stalwart ally.
In many a lonely village not an ounce nor a grain of anything could be brought, and yet there might be standing around scores of white-garmented, stalwart Koreans, smoking yard-long pipes and chattering, chattering — ceaselessly chattering. The Yellow Peril
Either way it's a splendid three hours of walking, so long as you're happy negotiating some mildly slippery slopes with the aid of a couple of stalwart ropeways.
It triggered a firestorm of criticism from across the political spectrum, including some of his most stalwart conservative backers. Times, Sunday Times
a stalwart supporter of the UN
A community came together yesterday to bid an emotional farewell to one of its leading stalwarts.
And we had mony stalwarts amang the Scottish Suffragette movement. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
He showed a sly, deadpan humor as Legolas in Lord of the Rings and even as the stalwart and overserious Will Turner, straight man to Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow, he had flashes of wit and the devil may care attitude that all swashbuckling heroes must have in the face of impossible odds. Lance Mannion:
Hassan!" called the sheikh, and a tall, stalwart black stepped forward, with a courbash in his hand. For Fortune and Glory A Story of the Soudan War
Nonetheless, she was also a strong advocate of growth and had been a well-respected voice on the council with her own stalwart supporters in the business community.
The organisers stalwartly voiced their blunt, yet highly educated opinions in the ever-present media.
On the new record, Plant and his musicians, led by Nashville stalwart Buddy Miller, duly take a come-all-ye approach, rewiring songs both ancient (there's a 19th-century hymn) and modern (a couple by indie rockers Low) to Plant's rootsy specifications. This week's new live music
Though many stalwart defenders of the homeless also spoke at the meeting, the council ultimately passed two ordinances that appear intended to clear transients out.
But lo, the sheen of such a venture darkens upon the news of a forenight past, when made-and-true pirates from the dark continent boarded a vessel and hostaged her stalwart captain. The Seventh Sense
Still, it made me look at our old stalwart with fresh eyes. Times, Sunday Times
A gallerygoer in Dusseldorf or Paris is more likely to know about Jeff Wall and Michael Snow than a Canadian art stalwart like Tom Thomson. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
However, when ethnologists from the Smithsonian Institute visited the Quinault later in the century, they found a robust and stalwart people.
Our heroes are stalwart and manly.
In England at least there were fond memories of the Barnacle's stalwart defence in saving the Lord's Test in 1953 to temper the criticism even if EW Swanton was typically splenetic in his damnation. Pakistan's Azhar joins Barnacle and Boycott as new kid with the block | Rob Bagchi
The repetition of boxwood, yew and hornbeam—stalwarts of the French garden—creates an overall harmony, a symphony in green. Stately French Gardens
They've attenuated the wildness with nestling stone villages overcome with gardens and stalwart serenity. Times, Sunday Times
The two first were themselves emphatically "eccentrics" -- one an apostle of dandyism (he actually wrote a book about Brummel, whom he had met early), a disdainful critic of rather untrustworthy vigour, and a stalwart reactionary to Catholicism and Royalism; the other a devotee of the exact opposite of dandyism, as the title of his best-known book, _Les A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
Another old stalwart, chunky trusses of frilly, purple trumpets with crimson black markings inside. Times, Sunday Times
I've been meaning to write about Trappings for a while now, and then of course I "tidied" my office and an enormous number of things got put in one of those dread piles from which only now are the bravest and most stalwart to-dos escaping. January 2008
Widows and widowers aren't baggage-free either, and even those stalwarts who have remained single for half a lifetime will be carrying armfuls of ingrained habits and cherished routines.
Needless to say, it has now become a stalwart of my garden. Times, Sunday Times
A stalwart supporter of the Soil Association, Jo has hosted an organic event at her house and been to several at Highgrove.
He is a man who combines a tremendous, relentless determination with a stalwart good humor.
It has been a sad summer at Sedgley Park as the club have said farewell to a number of loyal stalwarts.
Whitebark pine provides an important food source for grizzlies, Clark's nutcracker, and red squirrels (See ‘Stalwart Species,’ American Forests, Summer 2002.)
Even those stalwarts who have remained single for half a lifetime will be carrying armfuls of ingrained habits and cherished routines.
In autumn sunshine, Royal British Legion stalwarts and young uniformed cadets stood shoulder to shoulder.
Unless the music-loving public supports the few existing venues, even these stalwart locations will disappear and karaoke will have won.
Let me introduce Bob, one of the club's stalwart.
To help bring much-needed money into the household, the stalwart student set pins at the local bowling alley and poolhall.
In Puerto Santo Tomás, one born-again fisherman adorned his shack with a biblical scene evidently intended to allude to, in idealized fashion, the stalwart men of the village.
Australian quintet the Temper Trap yowled at the intersection of U2 and Maroon 5, while Arizona emo stalwarts Jimmy Eat World offered punchy, punked-up power ballads that felt about 10 years old (because they were). In concert: Virgin Mobile FreeFest at Merriweather Post Pavilion
Villagers are celebrating after two community stalwarts were recognised in the Queen's New Year's honours list.
The entry-level wines of stalwart Australian wineries have crept up in price, and simultaneously slid in quality.
The centre is the realisation of years of hard work by a number of stalwarts of the game.
Other conspirators include "Europeans [who] now see global warming as a means of hampering U.S. economic competitiveness" and yes, even Wal-Mart, the conservative stalwart, which is scheming to sell compact fluorescent bulbs rather than the cheaper but less efficient incandescent variety. Andrea Batista Schlesinger: 2007 Eye on the Right
The stalwarts shared many memorable nights of music with music lovers here.
The club suffered a major blow with the death recently of a founder member and one of its biggest stalwarts, David Chapman.
He was the sort of person the word stalwart was created for. EDP24 News
Birmingham's summer signing has been a stalwart at right back as the team has put a difficult start to the campaign behind them.
A Swindon music scene stalwart who performed with 1960s chart-topping band The Move has lost his fight against cancer.
He was a member of the sailing club and stalwart sailor and racer who lost his life at sea last year.
I don't remember how I met Tony but, at 50-odd, he became the stalwart among a rabble of wannabes.
In that position, however, he remained a stalwart support of the Arctic Program.
And we had mony stalwarts amang the Scottish Suffragette movement. THREE KINDS OF KISSING - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES
In recent years, dozens of high street stalwarts have struggled to stay afloat and some have been forced to close their doors for good. Times, Sunday Times
the stalwart citizens at Lexington
The Pars supporters remember him as a stalwart and the club cherished his memory by naming a stand after him.
Erwin was as stalwart and powerful as always, and with him came his wife and their sons.
A park full of merry hay-makers; gay red and blue waggons; stalwart horses switching off the flies; dark avenues of tall elms; groups of abele, 'tossing their whispering silver to the sun'; and amid them the house, -- a great square red-brick mass, made light and cheerful though by quoins and windows of white Sarsden stone, with high peaked French roofs, broken by louvres and dormers, haunted by a thousand swallows and starlings. The Beauties of Nature and the Wonders of the World We Live In
Before that happened, Flinx promised himself, they would have found their way to the vast common storage room beneath the port and worked their way up to join its stalwart defenders-assuming any had managed to hold out against the attacking fanatics and provided that they did not encounter any more haustorium-firing fungi or pseudo-vexfoots along the way. Flinx In Flux
In fact, some party stalwarts, particularly those from the religious conservative wing begged him to seek the nomination.
proud of her tall stalwart son
Some stalwart grad student could write quite a paper on the undertones and resonances of a paragraph like this one: "Through British veins runs the poisonous fake idealism of "human rights" and "sensitivity," of happy-clappy multicultural groveling and sick, weak, deracinated moral universalism -- the rotten fruit of a debased, sentimentalized Christianity. Richard (RJ) Eskow: England's Ashes - America's Future?
A park full of merry haymakers; gay red and blue waggons; stalwart horses switching off the flies; dark avenues of tall elms; groups of abele, 'tossing their whispering silver to the sun;' and amid them the house. Prose Idylls, New and Old
A stalwart at the parish church, she was an unusual backstreet ` bookie ". GOODBYE CURATE
In a region filled with human rights stalwarts such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Hamas, and so on, HRW acts like the most serious human rights abuser is Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Yglesias Challenge on Human Rights Watch
Well done Edwin van der Sar; a Dutchman by birth, qualified to play for England by residency and a long term stalwart of my Fantasy Football teams. Edwin van der Sar beats Death
They don't yearn for the radical transformation of bourgeois aspirations devoutly wished by stalwarts.
Widows and widowers aren't baggage-free either, and even those stalwarts who have remained single for half a lifetime will be carrying armfuls of ingrained habits and cherished routines.
They will have to challenge without the support of either Jose Maria Jimenez or Denis Menchov, two of the stalwarts of the team.
Mr. Rumsfeld makes a fairly transparent attempt to pack NATO with countries that are more willing to follow America's lead, but whatever "attitudinal" change these prospective members may promise to bring to the alliance, there's nothing that guarantees that they would prove stalwart supporters of American policies once they are safely beneath NATO's umbrella. Path to NATO Expansion Isn't That Clear
In terms of the historical record, Royall's personality and hilarious, though often caustic and "impolite" attacks on religious figures--both right and left, from Protestant fanatics of the Jacksonian era like Ezra Stiles Ely to New England abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe--as well as the corrupt political stalwarts of all persuasions, have unfairly dominated and often biased her portrayal in many histories. Jeff Biggers: "Office Holders Are Desperate": 180 Years Before HuffPo, Anne Royall's Wicked Blogs Held DC Accountable
We are assured these two stalwarts will be making frequent appearances, but it won't be the same. The Sun
It remains one of Polanski's best, and a precursor to themes he would continually dabble in: tortured relationships, bizarre blonde behavior, infidelity, cross-dressing, even film noir via the stalwart Lionel Stander (best known here for his role in Hart to Hart but who should be known as the blacklisted, veteran hard-boiled American character actor). Kim Morgan: Ten of Polanski's Best...Kitty Cat
Electronic music can be inspiringly imaginative, but its subgenres can get pretty cliquey, which is why Carl Craig plays with different tempos and styles under as many monikers, and techno stalwart "Mad Miami New Times | Complete Issue
L/Sgt Gartland was described as a "stalwart" of the Infantry Training Centre Medical Team. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The former features the great baritone Alfred Drake at his exuberantly hammy best; the latter boasts an incredibly catchy, tune-filled score by Hollywood stalwarts Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Mining Broadway's Musical Riches
The party stalwarts toe the presidential line and shout down those who disagree.
He has become a stalwart of the side. Times, Sunday Times
To the extent the Shiites feel attacks, Iran will be seen as a stalwart coreligionist ally.
The latter caught in a glance the dimensions of a very stalwart figure.
Martha Parry and her dedicated stalwart team have devoted the past nine years to saving the only remaining historic building of significance in our town.
Warm salads, or salades tiedes as they're known in French cooking, have long been a favorite of chefs think: the bistro stalwart salade Lyonnaise and remain staples on the menus at seasonally-minded restaurants across the country. Dressed for Fall
He was a stalwart young fellow, broad-shouldered, deep-chested, legs cleanly built and stretched wide apart, and tall though Imber was, he towered above him by half a head. THE LEAGUE OF THE OLD MEN
Also noteworthy, but a little more limited in scope, is Waid and Barry Kitson's JLA: Year One miniseries, which featured a team-up with the Doom Patrol and incorporated other Silver Age stalwarts like the Challengers of the Unknown and the Blackhawks. Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment
As he matured, Campbell became a stalwart supporter of the marriage between agriculture and industry and systematically increased his familiarity with both.
The couple have always been carnival stalwarts and for many years entered floats with friends.
She slumped against a pillar that stood stalwart in the mess of the city, fearing for the safety of those now under her charge.
The participating artists are stalwarts in their field and well-established names.
The stalwart hammerman turned upon his assailant, and, wrenching a dagger from him, speedily overpowered him. James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
It is admirable that you accept a male paramoor in your household, but still, I would have been more stalwart and given the creature up to the headsmen.

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