Word: defend
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...shameful, but probably not all that surprising, that the Bush Administration has responded to Cristiani's blackmail with an indifference bordering on approval. Our government has obligations to defend arrested U.S. citizens abroad. But last week White House spokesperson Marlin Fitzwater announced: "There are clear indications of her involvement, that's for certain...It's fairly clear that those weapons were found there...
Criticism is necessary to a healthy democracy, but many of us who also defend Israel have agonized over and considered the issues at stake at least as deeply as Larew. His psycholanalysis of our opinions is false and offensive...
Wall will defend himself this week before the House Banking Committee. But its chairman, Henry Gonzalez, has already called for his resignation. Last week even George Bush left Wall to twist in the wind: "If part of the savings and loan problem proves to be management or regulation people that aren't aggressive enough, would ((I)) make a change? . . . The answer...
...there a case for setting up an independent regulator -- an art- industry Securities and Exchange Commission? Not before hell freezes over, say the auction houses (although Christie's may be wavering a little on the point, since it has no guarantee and loan system to defend). Probably not, say many dealers. But others think the idea is worth serious thought, though none believe it likely to happen while Washington still clings to the conservative catchword of deregulation. Besides, says Eugene Thaw, the doyen of U.S. private dealers, Sotheby's in particular may have enough political clout in New York...
...year is 1870, and Yozip Bloom, a Russian immigrant and itinerant Jewish peddler, roams the Pacific Northwest. He is kidnaped by an Indian tribe that calls itself the People. For reasons not entirely clear, Yozip has been singled out as the spokesman, Yiddish-inflected English and all, who will defend the rights of the People against the perfidious, treaty- breaking whites...