Word: defend
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Soviet court procedure is different from that of the U.S. At the very start the indictment, also called the accusation, not only stated the charges against the defend ants as a group and as individuals, but also cited most of the evidence...
Attacker's Defense. Lieut. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. took time out to defend his conduct of the campaign against rear-area criticism (TIME, June 18). He had studied the possibility of an amphibious "end run" around the Japanese lines, to the southern beaches. The idea had been rejected because the reefs and beaches would have made it impossible to supply a large enough force. Such a landing "could have turned into another Anzio beachhead, or worse," declared Buckner. At his advance headquarters on Guam, Fleet Admiral Nimitz endorsed Buckner's decisions without qualification...
...With a Clear Conscience." Able Lawyer Federigo Comandini, who had been ordered to defend Koch, jumped up: "We renounce all witnesses for the defense." Public Prosecutor Granata shouted: "With a clear conscience I ask for the death sentence [for Koch] by shooting in the back as a traitor...
...turn them out neck and crop if he thinks he can better his temper or his home thereby. . . ." Churchill found few differences between the Conservative and Liberal Parties ("There is scarcely a Liberal sentiment which animated the great Liberal leaders of the past which we do not inherit and defend...
...load after load of returning soldiers ... we find 80% of them listen to the gospel with more scepticism than . . . ever ... stay away from religious services . . . with less scruples . . . curse more and with a finesse unbelievable . . . gamble with more avidity and defend it with more vigor . . and find it difficult to hold an extended conversation without defaming womankind, even though unintentionally...