This year, Philip Morris has steadfastly endorsed the legislation, parts of which the company helped write.
"Girl in the Dark" is the testimony of a person determined to be believed, and the people associated with its publication steadfastly endorse Lyndsey's account.
But he steadfastly refused to endorse any suggestion of change, and his managers knew that taking him out of the lineup would invite the wrath of a community devoted to the longtime Oriole.
Still, the gathering of the Republican faithful will contain a number of conservative activists who remain steadfastly unwilling to endorse Mr. Romney, insisting that the process of voting should be allowed to continue until Mr. Romney collects enough delegates to clinch the nomination at the party's convention in Tampa, Fla., this summer.
The state's largest and most politically active union, the California Labor Federation, A.F.L.-C.I.O., has steadfastly opposed the recall and refused to consider endorsing any candidate.
A related approach to integrity is to think of it primarily in terms of a person's holding steadfastly true to their commitments, rather than ordering and endorsing desires.
Then in Mrs. Whitman's re-election campaign in 1997, her chief of staff, Harriet Derman, was accused of trying to strong-arm a group of Hispanic leaders into endorsing the governor by threatening to withhold state funds for programs aimed at the Hispanic community -- a charge she steadfastly denied.
Although Russia endorsed the peace plan, it has steadfastly opposed sanctions ostensibly because of fears they could lead to NATO military action, as in Libya.
It's called an "individual mandate" and most of the pundits and policy wonks assume President Obama has already agreed to it – even though he steadfastly refused all through the Presidential campaign to endorse requiring people to buy insurance, despite huge pressure from Hillary Clinton and many "experts".
But it is impossible to know how and why the task force endorsed most of those proposals, and which corporations they help, because Mr. Cheney has steadfastly refused to release the names of industry executives who advised the energy task force as it was researching and compiling its report.
