Putin, in defense of his staunch ally, was determined to prevent either of these from occurring.
Unlike Saraiva, Ouro Preto was a staunch monarchist who was determined to save the regime at any cost.
On the same day, Le Monde published another front-page piece, this time lamenting the mutual "incomprehension" between Europe and the United States and the "mood of indifference, indeed of mistrust, towards France and Europe, in the entourage surrounding President Bush .Mr Blair remains grimly determined to be the Americans' staunch ally.
A new audience assembled for the second half of the story, with a small knot of staunch listeners from the previous day who looked determined to listen to the last syllable.
And some people might feel there's a certain stigma against saying their politics are determined by personal identity, whereas identifying as a staunch partisan might be seen as less objectionable.
When the staunch segregationists launched "massive resistance" to Brown, they did not meet determined government opposition.
Rather than bowing to international pressure, Israel appears increasingly determined to go it alone, even if that involves a serious breach with its staunchest ally, the United States.
Their fate will now be determined by regional dynamics that have shifted constantly and have now led to one of Assad's staunchest backers – Russia – trumping their own key supporter as arbiter of their fate.
Staunch Republicans argue that taxes are central to determining economic growth.
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