Word: loyalize
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...armed forces remained loyal to Ferdinand Marcos in the wake of massive election cheating in 1986, Corazon Aquino would not have become President. Had rebel factions of the army succeeded in the coup attempts that followed, Aquino would not still be in office today. In almost every case, the man who made the difference was General Fidel Ramos, Marcos' mutinous vice chief of staff and Aquino's faithful Secretary of Defense. Last week Ramos, 63, declared his intention to go after the top job himself -- constitutionally. In a move that surprised many of the other 10 contenders, Ramos announced...
...hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers remain loyal to the sassy Daily News, which over the years has been celebrated in song (by Frank Loesser and Phil Ochs, among others) and screenplay (its Art Deco building on Manhattan's 42nd Street was reporter Clark Kent's workplace in the Superman movies). For the tabloid's fans, Maxwell's moxie may prove congenial. He has shown a shrewd feel for the city's odd blend of worldliness and parochialism. Playing to Manhattanites' penchant for embracing almost any outsider who professes himself instantly smitten with their metropolis, Maxwell arrived by yacht...
...would take courage for Hussein to democratize his country. Many loyal Jordanians would brand him a traitor. But their choices too have narrowed. If the King doesn't act, he'll lose power, leaving them without a monarch to help preserve their rights in New Palestine...
...mostly in the Northeast, have yet to see one store. The chain got started in 1962 much the way Sears did decades earlier, by targeting far-flung small towns and underserved rural areas. Stocking everything from cosmetics and record albums to shirts and lawn furniture, Wal-Mart developed a loyal core of customers devoted to fast, friendly service and consistently low prices...
...whole, the anti-Saddam coalition seemed to draw closer together last week. French Defense Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement had put himself in an impossible position, managing his government's participation in a war he stubbornly opposed; he resigned and was succeeded by Pierre Joxe, a loyal follower of President Francois Mitterrand. The U.S. won permission to fly B-52 bombers out of bases in Britain and Spain on missions to the gulf. That will allow it to attack the Republican Guards with more of the giant planes than can be accommodated at bases in Saudi Arabia and the Indian Ocean...