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White is a progressive; Mason is a standpatter.

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Every man in the world must be in some respect a standpatter.

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No standpatter, Senator McNary has placed himself adroitly half way between the Republican archconservatives and the Republican insurgents.

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, runs the old standpatter against liberalizing practically anything.

The Standpatter, paying lip service to common humanity, makes a mock of his words by his court of special classes.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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