Word: defend
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mission. In an emergency broadcast, Pflimlin proposed to defend the republic by changing it peaceably: "It is necessary to make a profound reform in our institutions," he said, "but the changes must be carried out in a state of legality and respect for our public interests. If they were carried out by violence, our country would be torn tragically apart. Order and the laws of the republic are the sole safeguard of the unity of the nation...
...MISSION IS TO DEFEND THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, ALASKA AND THE NORTHEAST AREA FROM AN ATTACK: NOT TO DEFEND THE ROLES OF THE RESPECTIVE SERVICES...
...take him out in the seventh or eighth round," said Lightweight Champion Joe Brown just before he climbed into the ring in Houston to defend his title against nimble, light-punching Challenger Ralph Dupas. As good as his word, the lean Louisiana Negro put Dupas on the deck three times in the eighth, finally stepped back politely to let Referee Jimmy Webb announce what everyone in the arena already knew: Brown was still the boss of the 135-lb. division...
...Marcos University, not because of what the students did, because few were involved, but because a violent, vocal minority denied the freedom of expression without which no institution of learning can deserve the name of great." Mr. Nixon does not seem to realize he was in Peru to defend the United States, as well as to defend "freedom of expression." He further obscured this major task and the basic issue when he declared that the riot had been inspired and directed by foreign agents...
...Prentice Cup competition is held every two years. This summer, the American team will have the opportunity of traveling to England to defend the cup it has held for several years. In 1956, Junta, then a Sophomore, won almost all his matches to help the Harvard-Yale team sweep the visitors...