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Word: defend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ambassador, she will not be able to defend herself from vendetta politics at home which makes common cause with anti-Americanism in South America. Therefore, I have asked my wife to offer her resignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Compromised Mission | 5/11/1959 | See Source »

...letters charged that Pusey had overlooked arguments for the loyalty oath, "in his understandable zeal to defend academic freedom." Citing a distinction between "conspirators" and intellectual "heretics," the petition claimed that the former attempt to "cut short free exchange of opinion...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters Back Loyalty Oath In Loan Act | 5/7/1959 | See Source »

Since there is no public discussion of most controversial petitions, an elected Marshal "had no idea the petition even existed until after it was in circulation," Croman noted. "He had no chance to defend himself before most students had seen the petition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council May Change Rules For Petitions | 5/6/1959 | See Source »

...Kaltenborn '09 and Clarence B. Randall '12, will take part in the program in which Crimson debaters will defend the negative against Yale on the topic "Resolved: That the United States should negotiate for disengagement in Central Europe." President Pusey will moderate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Famed Participants Will Return to Attend Debate's Anniversary | 5/5/1959 | See Source »

...coach who failed to defend training meals was tennis mentor Jack Barnaby, who noted that, "I always tell my players, 'Know your own capacity.'" He stated that he had made the practice of letting each man eat what he wished, within reason, before a match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coaches Cite Team Meals As Essential | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

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