But I don't blame the NRA or gun proponents for standing fast.
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Chief Executive Lam and other government officials are standing fast by their proposals, calling them vital to plug long-standing loopholes.
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Joyce is standing fast, and his supporters claim there are few if any signs of numbers moving against him, despite intense media pressure.
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"I'm afraid the virus inside my body will come out and infect these colleagues who are still standing fast on the frontline," she wrote.
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"I'm afraid the virus inside my body will come out and infect these colleagues who are still standing fast on the front line," she wrote.
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's leaders launched laws on Wednesday to change extradition rules to allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial, standing fast against growing opposition to a move many fear could further erode the city's legal protections.
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He died on September 8, 1981 in New York City of heart problems related to a pacemaker implanted on him in 1979 because of his irregular heartbeat. In 1982, his autobiography, Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins, was published posthumously.
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180 It relieved the New Zealand Division in line of attack on eastern edge of Forest of Mormal and attacked and advanced to Hautmont in the Arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe on 6 November 1918. It was standing fast on line Maubeuge – Avesnes-sur-Helpe Road when the armistice was signed on 11 November 1918.
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What they command is equality and justice guaranteeing that women be treated as in no way lesser than men. Educated Afghan women are standing fast in their determination to find ways in which they may participate in the nation's reconstruction according to their interpretations of Islam's tenets. This is a powerful challenge now facing the society.
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Wilkins stated that regardless of the number of lynchings that then occurred or would occur, black Americans would always serve in the armed forces.Wilkins, Roy. Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins, pg 200-205. Wilkins also threatened to cancel a charter of an NAACP youth group in 1952 if it did not cancel its planned Robeson concert.
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In 1982, his autobiography Standing Fast: The Autobiography of Roy Wilkins was published posthumously. The St. Paul Auditorium was renamed for Wilkins in 1985. The Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice was established at the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in 1992. In 2001, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 34 cent stamp honoring Wilkins.
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Stockland released a concept plan for the Glendale Super Centre in 1994. It was being developed as a US-style power centre consisting of category killer traders, where tenants traded in an open-air environment and there was no internal malls. The tenants listed in the proposal included Target, Woolworths, Franklins Big Fresh, Homeart, World 4 Kids and Best & Less, and room had been provided for about 50 specialty stores, including free-standing fast food outlets. The centre was valued at A$55.5 million on completion in March 1996.
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Standing Fast in Freedom (The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations) Emphasizing the freedom of the local congregation, together with Sven Oftedal, he founded the Lutheran Free Church in 1897. He also served as the President of Augsburg until his death in 1907. Apart from his teachings, Sverdrup became joint editor to the Theologisk Kvartalskrift (1875–1877; sole editor until 1881), of the weekly church magazine Lutheraneren (1885–1890), later renamed as Luthersk Kirkeblad (1890–1894) and editor of the monthly magazine Gasseren (1900–1907). Many of his writings are published in a six-volume set edited by Andreas Helland.
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Stan Weir (1921–2001) was an influential blue-collar intellectual, socialist, and labor leader. A rank-and-file worker for most of his life, Weir worked as a seaman in the Merchant Marine during World War II, as an auto worker, longshoreman, truck driver, and painter, before taking a position at the University of Illinois, where he taught courses to union locals. Politically, he was a leading figure in the "Third Camp" tendency of Trotskyism, and was a member of the Workers Party and its successor the Independent Socialist League. The character Joe Link in Harvey Swados’s novel Standing Fast was based on Weir.
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After two years of being away from music and the stage, she began recording what would become her first solo album with the help of Guz in the production and Dr. Alfa in the compositions, whose first single "No Hay Más" was launched on July 28, 2008 on the radio Hit 40, was a success and standing fast in the first national radio stations. The expectation of the fans from outside was enormous and the single "No Hay Más" then went on the radio in Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, Venezuela and Colombia. She was nominated by that single in the Top 40 Awards Spain, being the first singer to be nominated with just a playing issue. A month later she recorded her video, where she presented her new image.
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