Search Details

Word: defend (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

What did you think of Jindal's comments? Let me just say that my colleagues and I take our job and our mission very seriously. We are always ready and willing to explain what we do and defend what we do, because we believe in what we do. I'll leave it at that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do Volcano Monitors Do? | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

...message was clear. Not only would Will and his editors at the editorial page not apologize for misleading their readers, but the ombudsman, supposedly the readers’ voice at the paper, would defend the distortions. At every level, the Washington Post is prepared to support writers who lie in its pages...

Author: By Dylan R. Matthews | Title: To Tell the Truth | 2/27/2009 | See Source »

With the regular season behind it, the Harvard women’s hockey team looks to keep its momentum rolling this afternoon and defend its ECAC tournament title...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Crimson Opens ECAC’s Against Big Red | 2/26/2009 | See Source »

...Colombia has a modern maximum-security prison to lock down high-risk criminals. The judiciary, in turn, has switched from a written system to oral and accusatory trials similar to those in U.S. courts, making it harder for narcos to manipulate the proceedings. Still, many law-enforcement experts vigorously defend extradition as narco-traffickers now try to rig the system in more subtle ways. Last year, Guillermo Valencia Cossio, chief government prosecutor for Medellín and the surrounding Antioquia state - and brother of Colombia's Justice Minister - was indicted for allegedly collaborating with a powerful drug baron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia's Drug Extraditions: Are They Worth It? | 2/24/2009 | See Source »

...Emma Markley, when she starts strong, is really tough to defend,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said...

Author: By Brian A. Campos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Killer P’s No Match for Sophomore Forward | 2/23/2009 | See Source »

Previous | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | Next