How To Use Standpat In A Sentence
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When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Upton Sinclair Fights Back Against Hollywood Scare Tactics
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Clark, and Harmon, just how they felt about the efforts of the New York delegation, led by the Tammany boss, Charlie Murphy, and the conservative element of the Democratic party in the East, to control the Convention and to give it the most conservative and standpat appearance by controlling the preliminary organization and nominating Alton B. Parker as temporary chairman.
Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
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Woodrow Wilson, college professor, man of mystery, political recluse, the nominee of the most standpat Democratic convention of many years, had been chosen the leader of the people of the state by the unprecedented majority of 39,000, and was wearing the laurels of victory.
Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him
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When a standpat Republican politician abandons a lifetime of party regularity at 70 to come out in hearty praise of a Democratic President," the paper noted, "it is time for connoisseurs of the unusual to stand by and take notes.
Greg Mitchell: Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Upton Sinclair Fights Back Against Hollywood Scare Tactics
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By contrast, Bush's pitch is standpat: rely on business to create jobs; resist higher government spending.
BOTTOM LINE ON THE ISSUES
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His half-cocked smile and his standpat spurs really jingle my jangle.
The DC Damsel: The Top Five Reasons I'd Boff Dick Cheney
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Indeed, a “constitution” gave preferred membership status to those “who have accepted standpat dogmas.”
The Mad Among Us