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Mr Singh was one of a stream of Congress stalwarts bearing bouquets at the weekend for "Madam" , as Mrs Gandhi is know within the party.

All communist party members accept guidance from the top. Few party stalwarts would rock the boat to open a Pandora's box of new ideas.

For a time the news delighted labour MPs and trade union stalwarts: the city, at last, ws getting a taste of its own nasty medicine.

At the start of the campaign Mr Thaksin called her his "clone" , as if to reassure nervous party stalwarts about her.

Through the first few weeks of the season, the front runners are not heavily promoted newcomers, but returning stalwarts .

And, in fact, these stalwarts of the island have more reason now to be optimistic than for many a year.

Despite the troubles of US automakers, maybe a VW truck is still no match for those stalwarts like the Ford F-150 and the Chevy Silverado.

Two stalwarts are still standing between the world's slumping economies and a steep drop in oil prices: China and Saudi Arabia.

They were all Government stalwarts.

themselves "followers of the Three People's Principles" or even old stalwarts of these Principles; but what have they done?

Wedge also went on to found the unorthodox Wraith Squadron and hunted down various Imperial stalwarts and warlords.

Even foreigners, those habitual stalwarts, are selling a net $3. 5bn or so a week.

Argentina is nationalising its private pension funds, seemingly to stave off default (see article). But even stalwarts are looking weaker.

Although rsh and telnet are longtime UNIX stalwarts, attackers can leverage either utility to (easily) compromise your system.

Blood donors are stalwarts of the voluntary sector, and rich countries with advanced medical systems rely on them.

Every community has a few stalwarts who do this work. Find yours, and help them out.

The Democratic gun control stalwarts would prohibit the civilian sale or possession of pistol magazines that hold more than 10 rounds.

Collectively speaking, the Denver Nuggets are not renowned as defensive stalwarts. There is, however, a Denver Nugget worth mentioning.

Although some stalwarts like Goldman Sachs are giving more, they are also shaking up their philanthropic programs.

Turn the page and cast aside the book of al-Qaeda and its stalwarts.

Its two ministers are lightweight, unlike such previous stalwarts as Franz Josef Strauss and Theo Waigel.

Many party stalwarts dropped by the wayside on election day.

Yet it remains among the world's stalwarts.

They are Conservative party stalwarts.

Stalwarts such as Nick Brown and Ian Austin pummel away behind the scenes, rallying support and pacifying critics.

But even stalwarts are looking weaker.

Signs of weakness in stalwarts like industrials and technology would be more troubling.