The Argyroi therefore were counted among the firmest supporters of the Lekapenos regime. Between 1957 and 1960, Khrushchev had his firmest grip on power, with little real opposition. The firmest and the longest of these external influences are Persian, Arabic, Russian. Their firmest base of support was the middle and upper-middle classes. Arthur Troyte Griffith, a Malvern architect and one of Elgar's firmest friends. Of all the brothers he might have had the firmest relationship with Temujin. The county of Nantes was under the firmest control. In the "Sport" setting the car's suspension was always kept in its firmest mode. Her firmest friend, however, was Sir Joshua Reynolds.