Mitch Daniels, another mild-mannered governor, faced similar critiques even though he was far less staunch a libertarian.
But that was like using a Band-Aid to staunch a cancerous tumor.
The decline in Mr Menem's influence comes just when his finance officials most need it, to help them staunch a deterioration in the public finances.
It's no secret Rove is both a staunch Republican and a John McCain supporter.
Grassley is a staunch opponent of a ban on assault weapons and high capacity magazines.
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Stark has been known as a hard-core, old school Teutonic hawk, a staunch defender of a strong euro policy.
And even before Dr. King spoke out against the Vietnam War with speeches that sound like they could have been delivered today, Coretta was a staunch advocate of a peace that knew no international borders.
"The health bill that will move forward today is actually a bill about life, " said Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), a staunch abortion opponent who became a big supporter of the bill.
But the late (Jewish-born) Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, was a staunch defender of the secular state as a bulwark against all forms of fundamentalism.
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Even John Howard, the prime minister and a staunch monarchist, grudgingly admits that having a head of state who lives in another country does not quite fit Australia's self-image as a modern democracy, seeking to establish a new role for itself in the Asia-Pacific region.
His misdeeds largely consisted of being a staunch Federalist and crossing President Thomas Jefferson, a Republican.
United became stifled by a staunch City side who extended their lead with a glanced Benjani Mwaruwari header.
Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, a staunch advocate of gun control and public infrastructure and a champion of the Amtrak railroad system, announced Thursday he will not seek re-election in 2014.
Mr. Ahmadinejad has been a staunch defender of Iran's nuclear program but has also shown a willingness to negotiate, U.S. and European officials said.
The American Nurses Association was a staunch supporter of the Affordable Care Act, and the group wrote a brief in support of the legislation.
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Gordillo was tossed out of PRI in 2006 and formed her own party, the New Alliance Party, or PANAL. She has since been a staunch adversary to Pena Nieto and made the changes in education law a priority.
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Washington is particularly concerned about the future of Jordan's King Abdullah, a staunch ally of the U.S. and Israel who has been a key player in combating the role of al Qaeda and Iran in the region.
Warner Brothers is a staunch supporter of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and keeps a keen eye out for infringement of its own copyright and trademarks.
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TACOMA, Wash. (AP) Louise Bundy, who was a staunch defender of her serial killer son, Ted Bundy, before he made a series of death-row confessions, has died.
Culturally, India is still a staunch traditional society and the role of women is strongly tied to family responsibilities as a clear priority.
Warren Buffet, the unbelievably homespun billionaire and long-time Coca-Cola director and shareholder, has been a staunch critic of options accounting and called the soft drink maker's accounting change a "classy move, " adding that he would feel "far more comfortable" if other companies followed its lead.
"The European Union is a staunch supporter of the ICC and the fight against impunity, " Catherine Ashton said in a statement Friday.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda said Japan -- a staunch U.S. ally -- stood by its decision to back the war because Iraq still posed a threat because it had previously been developing such weapons and it was not clear whether it had abandoned those programs.
And I'm quite sure that President Obama's administration, as we discussed in the past 45 minutes, is and will be a staunch supporter of the North Atlantic Alliance, because it was and is and will stay, Mr. President, a unique alliance, bringing the United States of America, Canada and the European allies together.
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Australia, another APEC member, has been a staunch supporter of the war on terrorism.
GE's industrial customers, who have long thought it a staunch ally against environmental campaigners.
Lebanon's President, Emile Lahoud, is a staunch ally of Syria who opposed the Cedar Revolution.
Still, the idea of the child-vampire remains a staunch rebuke to the heavy teen-age breathing.
On the economic front, whereas Mr Obama flirts with protectionism, Mr McCain is a staunch free-trader.
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Guy Whitall also turned in a staunch innings, rattling off 53 before running out of partners.
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