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He staunchly defended the biological species concept against the many definitions of " species " that others proposed.
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Indeed he was never rich, but he staunchly defended the rights of the monks at St. Catherine's Monastery when he persuaded them eventually to send the manuscript to the Tsar.
However, the Britannica has also staunchly defended a scientific approach to emotional topics, as it did with William Robertson Smith's articles on religion in the 9th edition, particularly his article stating that the Bible was not historically accurate ( 1875 ).
Galen, however, staunchly defended venesection in his three books on the subject, and in his demonstrations and public disputations.
Adenauer staunchly defended his pro-Western position and outmanoeuvred some of his opponents.
At the time, many readers considered spontaneous combustion highly dubious if not impossible, but Dickens nonetheless staunchly defended the plausibility of his account.
Karzai staunchly defended the election balloting, stating that some statements criticizing the balloting and vote count were " totally fabricated.
Although she was completely devoted to her husband, and staunchly defended him against the rebel Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, she was very much hated by the Londoners.
In spite of this he was admitted to the Lords, where he was staunchly defended by Lord Thurlow, and his declining health soon made the issue irrelevant.
At first, he is staunchly defended ; but, as more evidence comes to light in the trial, his past is revealed.
Nicolas de Villegagnon staunchly defended him and exposed the duplicity of D ' Omedes.
Tabulae was highly criticized by such scholars as Petrus Camper, especially for the whimsical backgrounds added to many of the pieces by Wandelaar, but Albinus staunchly defended Wandelaar.
In the aftermath of the Riot of 1919, one of the city's worst racial episodes, the school's administration ( comprising black and white members ) staunchly defended the city's African American community, and praised its students ' restraint.
) Raycom president Paul McTear has staunchly defended the SSA, saying it would " preserve three stations that provide important and valuable local, national and international programming to viewers in Hawaii.
While the grassroots of the party supported a change of leadership and De Magistris initially did not rule out that he may be an alternative candidate to Di Pietro, the party's old guard ( Silvana Mura, Massimo Donadi, Felice Belisario, Luigi Li Gotti and Leoluca Orlando ) staunchly defended the current leader.
A few hours later, however, the Austrians returned and took all of Essling except the staunchly defended granary.
In contrast to the rowdier NL, where umpires were routinely subjected to great abuse with little backing from the league office, Johnson staunchly defended his field officials and insisted that players and local authorities maintain respect for them.
" She staunchly defended the abolitionist cause and her right to publicly speak for that cause.
Jefferson and Madison roundly denounced the Federalists for creating a national bank as tending to corruption and monarchism ; Alexander Hamilton staunchly defended his program, arguing that national economic strength was necessary for the protection of liberty.
Dern, whose state had the disadvantage of being upstream from the dam, staunchly defended the theory that, with the exception of navigation, the waters of western streams were state rather than federal resources.
While the hoard is much easier to remember the location of, these larger hoards must also be more staunchly defended.
However, McKinnell received record compensation which he staunchly defended against critics.
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When the Muslims proposed the creation of an Islamic-majority Pakistan, many Sikhs staunchly opposed the concept.
Considered a conservative and " Fundamentalist " association of Baptist churches, the Southwide Baptist Fellowship is not as staunchly devoted as other Baptist Fundamentalist Fellowships to the concept of absolute autonomy ( local church independence ) or the essential requirement of the King James Version ( KJV ).
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As response to this operation, the Awami League announced the declaration of independence of East Pakistan on March 26, 1971 and began an armed struggle against the Pakistan, with India staunchly supporting Awami League by the means of providing arm ammunition to its guerrilla forces.
Jefferson County is a staunchly Democratic area, with even rural areas giving significant margins to John Kerry against George W. Bush in the 2004 U. S. presidential election.
Davis ' negative ads against Riordan and a variety of other equally important factors explained on the 2002 election page, led to Riordan's defeat in the Republican primary by the more staunchly conservative candidate Bill Simon.
Its views are seen as generally favorable towards Chinese unification and staunchly against Taiwan independence.
Standing against the modern ecumenist movement is the traditional Orthodox Church which staunchly maintains there is but one Church, and Orthodoxy is the Church.
Jean is initially staunchly against the rhinos, but gradually grows lenient.
Assadourian stated that he was staunchly against abortion which was a hot button issue during the campaign.
Wade was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in 1956 against the staunchly conservative Republican U. S. Representative Bruce Alger of Dallas County.
He is the roommate who is staunchly against Simon Wilder living in the apartment or on the property.
" Johnson's response was to suggest that Lane was a hypocrite for accusing Johnson of betraying his heritage when Lane so staunchly supported a movement of active treason against the United States.
Heather ’ s interactions with Reg bring Reg back to a more humane Christianity, while bringing Heather to consider faith, where she had hitherto been staunchly against it.
Bush was staunchly opposed to euthanasia and supported Attorney General John Ashcroft's decision to file suit against the voter-approved Oregon Death with Dignity Act, which was ultimately decided by the United States Supreme Court in favor of the Oregon law.
William F. Buckley, one of the most conservative public figures in America, was staunchly against it, as well as many in law enforcement, who saw inherent unfairness in placing the non-violent crime of drug trafficking on a par with murder.
Despite official repression, popular patriotic pressure and vigilante action against the SP of A's organization, members and press, Hillquit never wavered on the issue of intervention, staunchly backing Debs, Berger, Kate Richards O ' Hare and other socialists charged under the Espionage Act for opposing the war effort.
When set at liberty he returned to court, where he staunchly supported Joan of Arc against all the cabals that menaced her.
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Anyway some of these positions were not shared by many members of the party, most of whom staunchly opposed stem cell research and artificial insemination.
The Guardians remain staunchly uninvolved in what they see as a conflict that could destabilize many sectors, but that has not stopped Kyle Rayner and Kilowog from helping refugees.
" Reactions were mixed among students, employees and alumni, many of whom were staunchly opposed to the name.
Although both Neumeier and Verhoeven have declared themselves staunchly on the political left, Neumeier recalls on the audio commentary to Starship Troopers that many of his leftist friends perceived RoboCop as a fascist movie.
Suspicious of his family friend Woodrow Wilson's project of spreading democracy and of imperialism, he was staunchly opposed to the war, and upon returning to the U. S., he saw that many of the provisions of, " the Treaty of Versailles constituted an attack upon international and interracial peace .... ar will follow upon war in a wearisome progression.
Although the United Irishmen was a staunchly non-sectarian body which sought to unite all Irishmen, regardless of religion or descent many among their ranks were former Defenders, a term applied to many loosely connected, exclusively Catholic, agrarian resistance groups.
Accordingly, the party was staunchly opposed to Pan-Arabism, which was advocated by many in the LNM and the left-wing Palestinian movements.
The staunchly orthodox stand of the PPSh attracted many political groupings around the world, particularly among Maoists who were not content with the CPC attitude in the late 1970s.
He staunchly supported then-US president Ronald Reagan on the show, which became a popular hit in Southern California and was mostly sponsored by many local Orange County businesses for whom George often made personal appearances.
While many Parisian leftists staunchly upheld Marxism's " scientificity " in the 1950s and 1960s, Lucien Goldmann insisted that Marxism was by then in severe crisis and had to reinvent itself radically if it were to survive.
While many behaviour therapists remain staunchly committed to the basic operant and respondent paradigm, in the second half of the 20th century, many therapists coupled behaviour therapy with the cognitive therapy of Aaron Beck and Albert Ellis, to form cognitive behavioural therapy.
Seeing that EXIT has the reputation of an internationalist ( some of its opponents would say pro-Western ) gathering, many expected problems from a party like SRS which is staunchly nationalist and traditional.
He staunchly advocated this position, despite the fact that many of his congregants and colleagues were sympathetic to slavery in what was then a slave state.
During this same period many of the most staunchly Christian nations have legalized divorce.
He played a death row inmate, based loosely on the true story of Caryl Chessman, who staunchly proclaimed his innocence and obtained numerous reprieves over many years until finally being executed.
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