Word: defendable
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...obvious key was that they were going to, at just about all cost, defend against our run game-slash-Clifton Dawson,” Murphy said...
PAUL HAMM, individual all-around Olympic gold medalist in men's gymnastics, after going before the Court of Arbitration for Sport to defend his medal, challenged because of a scoring mistake...
Bush's real nemesis may have been moderator Jim Lehrer, whose questions kept much of the debate strictly focused on Iraq. The President came armed only with the brilliantly succinct paragraph he uses on the stump to defend the war: The world is better off without Saddam, progress is being made, Kerry is a flip-flopper who sends mixed signals. It usually takes Bush no more than two or three minutes to deliver these lines to tumultuous applause. But he had 45 minutes to fill last Thursday, and there was no applause. Simple truths became simplistic evasions. He used "mixed...
...over standing up for principle. Harvard’s prestige and financial resources could make a significant impact on this case. By not pursuing litigation when there is so little at stake, the University has sent a message that the principle of nondiscrimination is somehow not worthy enough to defend...
...Don’t Tell” policy requires more than an empty public relations statement. It requires action. We appreciate Dean Kagan’s strong statements opposing the appearance of military recruiters on campus; we wish the University would follow up in court and defend its right to issue its own recruitment standards. Those who argue that Harvard ought to stay out of political issues and refrain from putting its moral weight behind causes lose sight of the fact that passive inaction is not the same as neutrality. By allowing “unsound and corrosive public policy?...