Word: defendant
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...even these two able strategists could know precisely what sort of campaign they must prepare for. Japan supposedly has 1,750,000 men under arms, ready to defend the homeland. Would they fight to the same bitter end as the 85,000 on Okinawa? Would they exact the same toll, of one U.S. soldier killed for every ten Japanese? Must the U.S. prepare for at least 175,000 killed-twice as many as in the European Theater of Operations? Would the enemy succeed in mobilizing into the People's Volunteer Corps 100,000,000 automatons for suicidal defense...
...Even among animals which can distinguish color, notably fish and birds, brilliant markings do not influence the female's choice of a mate. They serve primarily to intimidate other males. The barnyard turkey's puffing and strutting are intended to advertise his dominance, maintain his social position, defend his territory. The female turkey responds to bluff, not beauty...
...Resolved, That man is a free moral agent." One day, in jest, he proposed the topic: "Resolved. There is more pleasure in living with a neat, cross woman than with a good-natured, slouchy woman." In the rugged frontier, George Norris found there was no one who would defend the slouchy woman...
...direct contrast to Dr. Zlatowski, the second speaker, Professor Thaddeus Rasziuski, formerly of the University of Cracow, attacked the Warsaw Provisional Government as "a government organized in Moscow, by Moscow, and composed of a communistic element which did nothing to help defend Poland." After questioning the legality of the Lublin Government, Professor Rasziuski lauded the heroic efforts of Polish troops throughout the war, claiming that until these armies return to their homes and until Poland is "opened up to friendly nations and foreign press for unbiased study"-the real will of the Polish people cannot be expressed. "Poland today...
Before last week's nontitle fight (Sergeant Montgomery will not defend his title for the duration), Moran was a third-rater with dim prospects. In ten rounds he became a white-hope challenger for the world's postwar lightweight crown...