Word: defend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...international scene that it's time for the U.S. to reduce its commitment to NATO. More than echoes of the traditional cries for greater "burden sharing" among our allies, an increasing array of academics are calling for a long-term "devolution" and pullout from our commitment to defend Western Europe and Japan, while arguing that a failure to do so will lead to long-term American decline...
...other nations experience more rapid economic growth and threaten its market shares, the Great Power feels its security threatened and instinctively spends more on defense, compounding the problem of its long-term economic decline. The Power becomes "overstretched," as it no longer has the capacity to defend all its international commitments...
...enforcement authorities began investigating claims by two former clients that Mitchelson raped them. The lawyer hired well-known Los Angeles trial attorney Howard Weitzman, who currently represents Tyson in divorce proceedings with Givens, to defend him in the criminal case. The investigation was dropped in 1987 for lack of evidence. Both women, however, are suing Mitchelson in civil court. One of the women, Kristen Barrett- Whitney, claims that Mitchelson forced her to have sex with him in his office bathroom. "I've never raped anyone," says Mitchelson. Still, the old public relations pro admits the negative publicity is hurting business...
...Drexel, made hundreds of millions for himself and ranks as the most influential financier of the decade, rushed to the offices of his attorneys. In less than an hour, the group issued a statement: "Michael Milken is not a party to the Drexel settlement. His attorneys are continuing to defend him against any charges that might be brought...
...Drexel settlement, in part because the firm has promised to cooperate with the U.S. Attorney's probe of his transactions. But Stanley Arkin, a Manhattan attorney who specializes in white-collar crime, says separating the cases could help Milken. Says Arkin: "Milken will now be able to defend just his actions instead of those of 10,000 others...