Word: loyalize
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...13th century Japanese courtesan who became a Buddhist nun; Dull Gret (Carole Hayman), who led an avenging legion of women into the precincts of hell in Brueghel's painting Dulle Griet; and finally, Patient Griselda (Lesley Manville), made famous in Boccaccio and Chaucer as the model of a loyal, submissive wife...
...loyal ambassador quits...
Fiallos' remarks echo those of many other critics, but they were particularly stinging to the Sandinistas because the diplomat was for several years a loyal revolutionary. A deeply religious man with close personal ties to Obando y Bravo, he secretly joined the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1978, when the movement was still an armed underground force. During the anti-Somoza insurrection, he secretly stored and transported arms for the guerrillas' organized clandestine rebel meetings. Washington has authorized Fiallos, who has not yet decided whether to return to Nicaragua, to stay in the U.S. indefinitely. Said he last...
Nixon is careful to avoid outright criticism of Reagan, partly because he thinks it would only aggravate the President's stubborn streak and partly because Reagan was always loyal and supportive toward me when I was in office." In effect, however, Nixon is refuting a view prevalent in the Reagan Administration that the U.S. might some day be able to bring the Soviet Union to its knees with economic blockades and military pressure. He believes the troubles afflicting the Soviet system make this the time not to isolate the Soviet leadership, but to engage it "at the highest level...
Shortly after his victory in 1980, when Reagan was mulling over appointments, he boasted that Weinberger could fill any Cabinet post. The Defense Secretary, for his part, is an extremely loyal team player who is fond of pointing out that Reagan is the "most underrated world leader of our time," and often compares his boss to Winston Churchill...