Word: defend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bans excessive copying fees for documents, and provides that winners of Freedom of Information court cases should have their legal fees paid for by the Government. Attorney General Griffin Bell applied another spur to information seekers last May, when he warned all Government agencies that his department would not defend them in court fights to preserve secrecy unless disclosure was "demonstrably harmful, even if the documents technically fall within the exemptions...
...throne-shaped in the form of a giant eagle, with a 13.6-ft. wingspan, 800 gilded feathers and a seat carved out of the bird's belly-Bokassa donned a flowing ermine and velvet cape with a 39-ft. train. The Emperor then took an oath to defend the constitution, which he suspended after seizing power in a 1966 coup. At the climactic moment, Bokassa, 56, crowned himself and placed a smaller coronet on the head of the youngest of his three wives, 28-year-old Empress Catherine. (Rumor has it that the Emperor also keeps a blonde Rumanian...
...lady Percy, and showing, as when he helps the helpless Falstaff into his boots, a tender and subtle shift of mood. But when confronted with a serious scene, Emerson abandons his character to the exigencies of position. So, when reprimanded by the king, Emerson's Hal does not convincingly defend himself. And after having killed Hotspur, this Hal cowers in horror rather than standing exhausted but moved. Ultimately, declaring in his final speech that the imprisoned Earl of Douglas should go "ransomless and free," Emerson does not seem to rise high enough above the warring elements of the play...
There may have been political motives for the raids as well. Perhaps Smith flexed his muscles to try to force concessions from Muzorewa and Sithole at the conference table. He may also have been attempting to convince black moderates inside Rhodesia that his armed forces would be able to defend a transition government from attacks by radicals outside the country. Another possibility is that the Mozambique raids were aimed at widening a rift between Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo, who as head of ZAPU (Zimbabwe African People's Union) is co-leader of the so-called Patriotic Front. By devastating...
Almost 1500 students crammed into the Science Center Tuesday to hear Andrew Young defend the Carter administration and U.S. foreign policy, on closed circuit television if not in person...