Word: defendable
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While the several signatories contacted by The Crimson last night all expressed an overall commitment to its aims, some declined to defend the assertion that Harvard students are generally disengaged, and some voiced disagreement about the specific details included in the missive, including its hypothesis that Harvard’s admissions criteria may be contributing to student apathy...
...been our collective understanding that Harvard, as one of the founders of the Liberal Arts curriculum in American education, is among the first to defend a 4 year 'time out' for self-examination and broad intellectual growth versus the careerist, vocational orientation that can be typical of some lesser institutions across the country...
Winston Churchill recalled the incident before the House of Commons when asked to defend the Tories’ decision to retire the general: “Let me marshal the facts. The crowd was unarmed, except with bludgeons. It was not attacking anybody or anything. It was holding a seditious meeting. When fire had been opened upon it to disperse it, it tried to run away. Pinned up in a narrow place considerably smaller than Trafalgar Square, with hardly any exits, and packed together so that one bullet would drive through three or four bodies, the people ran madly this...
...love hate mail,” she says, adding that she enjoys when her ideas are taken seriously and relishes the opportunity to defend them...
...most important service the UC does for many students is simply writing a check. Especially given the recent restrictions on party funds, it is absolutely critical for the UC to have leaders who understand the complex process of funding and who can negotiate with the University to defend the interests of students...