Word: defend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...devoted his career to New York City's Legal Aid Society. He directly supervised 50 lawyers and did trial work before a recent switch to administrative duties. After being involved in the defense of tens of thousands of indigent clients over the past 25 years, Erdmann now must defend himself from possible disbarment...
...Epps' disclosure of the FBI's leaflet in Boston's Chinatown is just another instance of the arrogant and insidious tactics employed by the FBI. The leaflet's circulation represents all of the intimidation, coercion, and repressive scare-tactics of the "tyrannical rule" against which the FBI seeks to defend...
Obviously, there are many cases in which an Administration must proceed in secrecy. But the presumption should always be in favor of open government. Whenever a President invokes executive privilege, he should be prepared to defend against the inevitable suspicion that he has something to hide as well as guard...
...only intellectuals who have the right to defend the Bengalis in words," Malraux wrote to an Indian diplomat, "are those who are ready to fight for them." Was he ready? he was asked. "At the head of an infantry unit, certainly not!" he declared. "But leading a tank detachment, of course!" This week he will meet with India's Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi, when she visits Paris, to discuss what form his role may take...
Harvard's varsity soccer team retained unanimous hold on the number one ranking in New England despite its 5-2 loss to Penn last weekend. The Crimson received all 12 first place votes and appears a cinch to receive an invitation to defend its NCAA District I title later this month...