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...done - that is why we are fighting them," he said, holding his AK-47 close to his chest. "But we are talking now," he added with a smile. "I will go back to Uganda when this war is finished. I will join the army - I will continue to defend my country." Then, the rebel in charge, identified not by his uniform - a Hawaiian shirt - but by the satellite phone dangling around his neck, ushered him away and he melted back into the bush...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Uganda's Unfinished Peace | 4/25/2008 | See Source »

...announced his opposition in 1967, journalist Kenneth Crawford attacked him for his "demagoguery," while black writer Carl Rowan bitterly concluded that King's speech had created "the impression that the Negro is disloyal." Black dissent over war has historically brought charges of disloyalty despite the eagerness among blacks to defend on foreign soil a democracy they couldn't enjoy back home. Since the time of slavery, blacks have actively defended the U.S. in every war it has waged, from the Civil War down to the war on terrorism, a loyalty to the Federal Government conceived by black leaders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Understanding Black Patriotism | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...play in a way that if everybody is capable, dangerous, and ready and we make good decisions, it could be a situation where every week someone new is stepping up, making a play,” Tillman said. “That makes us trickier to defend and allows us flexibility...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard to Play Spoiler at Yale | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...faceoff guys in the country…If they get the ball a lot more, it’s going to test our defense for 60 minutes. We’re going to play them tough. We have some good systems and qualities this weekend that should help us defend pretty well...

Author: By Madeleine I. Shapiro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard to Play Spoiler at Yale | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

Mitchell, a former master of Eliot House who previously served on the Ad Board, said he did not come to defend the body, but he did end up explaining its functions...

Author: By Laura C. Mckiernan and Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Students Discuss Reform of Ad Board | 4/21/2008 | See Source »

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