Word: defend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with mixed reviews. The Soviet news agency TASS, which called the 1981 report "a barrage of irresponsible verbiage," predictably dismissed it as "the second edition of a lie." Some Administration critics on Capitol Hill, including Democratic Senators Edward Kennedy and Gary Hart, accused the Pentagon of "scaremongering" to defend its budget. But the public release of the comprehensive survey of Moscow's military might is a compelling reminder of the very real threat facing the West. It sets a sober context for the continuing debates over U.S. defense spending and NATO strategy. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Bruce...
Burford's impassioned self-defense apparently was prompted by the news she received last week that the Justice Department would no longer defend her in the contempt-citation suit. Officials there explained that it would be a conflict of interest to act as her lawyer at the same time that it was investigating charges of mismanagement at the agency. Responded Burford archly: "I think we just made a breakthrough. Now maybe we can get some good legal advice over here for a change...
...receive a Christian education. He also called on Christians to examine the teachings of the church in their search for social justice. Said the Pope, in a thinly veiled attack on Marxist-oriented "liberation theologians": "It is not necessary to hold alien ideologies in order to love and defend man. You can find in the center of the [Christian] message the teaching which calls for commitment to human dignity." Christian doctrine, he declared, teaches that man "is not reducible to a mere instrument of production, nor an agent of political or social powers...
...disappear. The Greens are preparing demonstrations to block, by force if necessary, the installation of the new weapons, and West German security officials predict new left-and right-wing terrorist attacks against U.S. military targets in the country. But, at least, there is a government in place to defend the NATO decision...
Pleased with its free collegiate farm system and persuaded that few undergraduates can step right into pro football, the N.F.L. has a 50-year-old rule prohibiting teams from enlisting players before their college class graduates. Twelve years ago, unable to defend roughly this same restrictive position in court, pro basketball gave in to University of Detroit Underclassman Spencer Haywood and since then has grabbed a few children from high schools. Baseball always preferred that teen-age prospects matriculate in the minor leagues...