Chakotay and Paris had accepted their initiation as citizens of Sumar-ka, and they were proving themselves stalwart members of the community.

(The Batt family were stalwart members and are referred to later).

They became stalwart members of the shire gentry, and several members of the family sat in Parliament from the 18th century.

Yet, the once financially strong organization has become a deficit-plagued operation, with bookkeeping so sloppy that some of its most stalwart members are alarmed.

This activity earned him criticism from stalwart pro-government members of the Massachusetts Bar.

At an unprecedented emergency Central Committee plenum called by Gorbachev in September 1988, three stalwart old-guard members left the Politburo or lost positions of power.

Pacifica has been a proud and stalwart member of the Federation for generations.

Even stalwart members of the Alliance Party concede that their current troubles will only serve to help Mr. Chrétien and the Liberals remain in power.

He became a generous, stalwart member of the Rockland County mosque.

They do not reject their weaker, less stalwart members, but are willing to protect them as part of their group even when few concrete rewards are forthcoming.