Word: defend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...LIEBLING noted long ago that freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one. Liebling didn't find that state of affairs to be appropriate, but where is the owner of a major newspaper who would not defend that principle...
...Fairness Doctrine is routinely attacked in the press as having a chilling effect; the argument runs that if both sides of a controversial issue are required to be aired, the issue will instead be avoided entirely. The same kind of critique could be proferred to defend White's ruling, for why would any school board want to create a student newspaper which could be published without any guidance? Wouldn't an affirmation of the student editor's claims ultimately have a chilling affect, reducing the number of school boards which fund high school newspapers...
There is only one reason that our academic schedule could be maintained year after year by non-sadistic adults: tradition. Tradition plays a large part in every facet of university life, and rightly so. After all, without traditions there would be no way to defend many of the annoying and anachronistic practices of daily life...
...throw out all those preseason polls that thought Harvard would be unable to defend its ECAC championship. The icemen have regained sole possession of first place in the league. And the way the Crimson played last weekend at Bright Center, other teams in the ECAC will have to worry...
...million three-wheel ATVs still in use in the U.S. and force manufacturers to give purchasers a refund. Says James Florio, Democratic Congressman from New Jersey: "How can anyone truly concerned with safety in effect say 'Tough luck' to people who currently own these unsafe vehicles?" Government officials defend their action, maintaining that a recall would cause a lengthy court battle...