Word: defend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mafia!" One would almost expect to see "Spies" or "Micks" in a subsequent issue. Is no heritage sacred to you? Must we forever defend our background? Are we doomed to keep listing our contributions to mankind: Michelangelo, Marconi, Fermi...
Rosalynn's most ticklish problem will come next week when she arrives in Brazil for a three-day visit, the longest round of official meetings on her schedule. There she will have to defend her husband's refusal to sell an extra $50 million in arms to the rightist regime, his statements on human rights violations, and his opposition to Brazil's purchase of a nuclear power plant from West Germany. Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel has agreed to receive her with all due correctness ?but may well have some pointed questions...
Permanent Hiding. The caused a furor in Chicago. In an editorial, the Sun Times cited legal organizations that had called Wilson "unqualified" for the bench. The Tribune viewed the whole affair as a "tragedy." So heated was the criticism that Wilson called a press conference to defend his decision and reiterate that the state had not proved its case "beyond a reasonable doubt...
...posts along the Uijongbu Corridor, 14,000 G.I.s of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division stand astride the traditional invasion route from northern Korea to Seoul. For nearly 25 years, the presence of the 2nd Division along the Demilitarized Zone has been visible proof of America's commitment to defend the Seoul government against renewed aggression from the north. But the division's days in South Korea are numbered; President Carter has decided to withdraw the 2nd, along with its 17,700 support troops, by 1982. That decision has already cost one U.S. Army general his job, triggered...
...particularly telling that Smith, the member of a group which is suppose to advise Harvard, feels obligated to defend Harvard's shareholding practices. His defense is simply indicative of the true nature of the relationship between the ACSR and Harvard. Smith writes that "unlike at Hampshire College, where students have not had any input into the investment or proxy decisions of the college, Harvard since 1972 has had a committee set up solely for this purpose, the ACSR." Both Smith and the Harvard Corporation may believe the ACSR mechanism legitimates Harvard's socially irresponsible shareholding activities, but they are wrong...