Word: defend
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...well as the greatness of this Revolution. Britain has been filled with folly, and America with wisdom, at least this is my judgment. Time will determine ... I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these states." Thomas Jefferson, too, understands the immense stakes of the American gamble. To him, "all eyes are open, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth that the mass of mankind...
...British officer commented cheerfully, "The fair nymphs of this isle are in wonderful tribulation ... A girl cannot step into the bushes to pluck a rose without running the most imminent risk of being ravished." Staten Island's 400 militiamen, who had been called up by Washington to defend the island, grounded their muskets and obligingly swore allegiance to the Crown. That oath was administered by New York's newly returned Royal Governor William Tryon, who had to spend recent months in the sanctuary of the British ship the Duchess of Gordon...
THAT SORT OF GOVERNMENT will now emerge, whether the Communists will be allowed to officially assume some of the responsibility of government, remains to be seen. What is immediately apparent from the election results is that Italy is becoming increasingly split between those who, as "haves," defend the status quo, and those who, as "have-nots," want change. Looking at the tactics of this election campaign, and at the views expressed in its course, this schism seems to have been desired and for the most part created by the party in power, the DC. The question to be answered...
...President Mobutu Sese Seko closed his border with Cabinda after Luanda protested that supplies were being funneled to the rebels. The rebel problem is more persistent in the south, where Cubans are also guarding the Benguela railway. Running clear across central Angola, the railway is difficult to defend against sabotage. The line has been blown up in a dozen places in recent weeks; three locomotives have been destroyed by saboteurs of Jonas Savimbi's National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) who simply loosened rail bolts and let the trains derail by their own weight...
Alan M. Dershowitz, professor of Law, will defend the male lead of "Deep Throat" against a federal conspiracy charge when his case comes up for appeal before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati next spring...