Hatchets buried in rapid succession with its oldest, staunchest rivals: Sun Microsystems, Netscape, RealNetworks.
Manila has also been the USA's staunchest supporter in regional groupings such as Asean.
The Spaniards, among our staunchest allies in Europe, were livid, their diplomatic understatements notwithstanding.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe is one of President Bush's staunchest allies in Latin America.
England's military, one of America's staunchest allies in Afghanistan and Iraq, is facing dramatic cutbacks.
Maybe it was his charm and charisma -- known to melt even the staunchest adversary.
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Tuesday, Common Core was dealt a blow by one of its staunchest supporters.
If you are still bearish on the stock market, you will love John DelVecchio, one of the staunchest bears around.
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And even some of the company's staunchest defenders feel beleaguered by outrage over Goldman's its role in the financial crisis.
Egypt is the biggest country in the Middle East and has been our staunchest ally there, even making peace with Israel.
Mr Berlusconi has been one of George W Bush's staunchest allies since the start of the war against Saddam Hussein in 2003.
Services in what used to be two of the staunchest of old Labour boroughs, Islington and Hackney, have already been partially privatised.
But this seems unlikely, not least because some of his staunchest allies include wealthy black capitalists, who would resist such a move.
Australia, one of our staunchest allies that most Americans seem to take for granted, has upped the ante in the war against terrorism.
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Across the Tasman Sea, and not about to be outdone by the staunchest of rivals, Australia too managed a stronger-than-expected employment print last month.
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One of Cuba's staunchest allies over the years has been Mexico.
President Barack Obama has pledged to engage with some of Washington's staunchest enemies, including Iran, in a bid promote stability and contain the spread of nuclear weapons.
And advocates on both sides, both the law's critics and its staunchest proponents are going to try to argue that it is working or that it isn't working.
One of the staunchest opponents will be Thousand Oaks, Calif.
Spain -- which has been among America's staunchest allies on the Iraq issue -- said it was heightening security across the nation at potentially sensitive sites, including non-Spanish locations.
"The Sims is something that has the real potential to change the way we play games, " says Peter Moore , president of Sega USA, one of EA's staunchest rivals.
The most ambitious choice plan is in one of the staunchest Democratic cities in the country, Milwaukee, and provides 8, 000 students with scholarships to attend private or parochial schools.
Though Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, America's staunchest allies on Iraqi policy, appeared isolated at times, it was Iraq, not them, that rejected compromise wording patched together by summit mediators.
But Dr Mahathir, for all his zeal in fighting corruption, is also one of the staunchest critics of those who argue that a western-style opposition can keep a ruling party honest.
Some of President Obama's staunchest opponents acknowledged Wednesday that his address to Congress, in which he promised to "act boldly and wisely" to restore the nation's recession-battered economy, was an effective speech.
And second, during his time in the United States Senate (which preceded his present tour at the Justice Department), Senator Ashcroft was among that chamber's staunchest advocates of privacy rights and civil liberties.
In Peru, the staunchest defender of ALBA and Chavez is Hernan Fuentes, the regional president, or governor, of the province of Puno (please see map to see closeness with Cuzco and neighboring country, Bolivia).
France, the biggest recipient of CAP funds (though not of total EU spending), has been the staunchest defender of the CAP in its present form, backed by the Mediterranean countries that also have big farm lobbies.
For example, Britain's defence secretary during the Falklands war, John Nott, revealed in his memoirs that France had been Britain's staunchest ally, providing information that helped to render the Exocet anti-ship missiles used by Argentina ineffective, and supplying Mirage and Super-Etendard fighters for British Harrier pilots to pit themselves against in training.
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