51.  Yet the talks went on and Rabin emerged as a staunch defender of his old enemy Arafat.

52.  He was a staunch defender of his own concept that literature was a means to bring changes towards a universal culture.

53.  International Olympic Committee chief Juan-Antonio Samaranch recently said the Chinese were clean and Larfaoui is a staunch defender of their record.

54.  A staunch defender of couture Oliver Lapidus, who sees is as a laboratory for ideas.

55.  Another staunch defender of couture is Oliver Lapidus, who also unveiled his summer lines on Monday.

56.  Berlusconi, the richest man in Italy, has risen to power as a staunch defender of decentralized power, deregulation, and low taxes.

57.  But he was also close to hardline Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and was a staunch defender of the regime as its top diplomat.

58.  But he was also close to hardline Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and was a staunch defender of the regime as its diplomatic frontman.

59.  The original inhabitants of the subcontinent, the diverse tribespeople live outside the entrenched Hindu caste system and are staunch defenders of their traditions and culture.

60.  On some issues Zhirinovski was overtly hostile to the Kremlin, on others -- such as the rebellion in Chechnya -- he was a staunch defender.