Word: defendant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...counter-assertion and contempt from informed scholars, amongst whom the professors clearly place themselves. This is arrogant nonsense. There are plenty of scholars, at least as well-informed as our self-esteeming professors (albeit of a different persuasion, thank God), who would, I'm sure, find far more to defend in the editorial than in the views of Thomson and his crew...
Just as Dunlop denies he is a Nixon man, so he denies the conservative label often pinned on him. "I've certainly never regarded myself as one," he smiles and looks really puzzled. "Take labor and management. No mediator seeks to defend his neutrality. You do your job. Unions won't like this, employers won't like that. I just worry about solving problems and persuading people .... Many years ago, when I was younger, I used to worry about criticisms of being anti-union or anti-employer. Now I know you should go about doing things the best...
...future. When the time is right-when, to use Mr. Hyland's jargon, a "combination of possibilities and a progressive view of history" make violence against persons useful-we shall have the violence and with it a revised edition of the "Defense of Terrorism." It isn't hard to defend this kind of Schrecklichkelt when the end justifies the means and the only real clue to right or wrong is how your stomach feels. Besides, for those with tender stomachs, there are always evasions, like defining some people as unpersons...
...Thorough elaboration of this view of modern social science and its impact on the poor countries should provide a focus of attention for those who oppose the operations of the Center. We would also hope that Vernon and other directors of the Center, should they choose to defend further their function, will concentrate on these fundamental issues rather than dwelling smugly on isolated good deeds...
...crucial juncture to a successful Harvard season. But there can be no doubt that a loss to the Big Green this afternoon, besides criminating the Crimson from realistic contention for the Ivy crown, would be a disastrous psychological blow for a squad that had been picked to defend its title without excessive strain...