It has traditionally been staunch in the Americans' favour.
In a strange way it's the staunch focus on Lears that's misguided.
Housed in an old Victorian hotel, it's a staunch testament to the restorative power of good food and good wine -- in moderation, of course.
It's bunkum, but it's swallowed pretty much wholesale by the supposedly sophisticated psychiatrist, who talks about the 'murderous god of health': stopping someone gouging out equine eyes may, it seems, be staunching individuality.
Fawcett has tried to be staunch, but it is clear that the early death of "Bobbi Boland" is a torment.
The first a tenacious rally that ends with Federer walloping a forehand into the net, the next a ridiculous backhand pass up the line, G to A. But Federer is staunch, bringing it back to deuce with a couple of classy serve-and-volley points, then serving the game out.
Often forgotten now, though, because of what immediately followed it, is England's staunch run after Euro 88 under Bobby Robson.
Because there are less people who are staunch fans of it.
Long-billed thrashers are staunch defenders of their territories; it will defend its nest ferociously, including against humans.
The outcry has assumed different shapes and forms, but at the heart of it is a staunch defense of America's self-attributed right to circumvent, manipulate and violate the law, in order use military force to advance and protect war profiteering.
