Word: defendant
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...instead across the street, on the steps of the Michigan Union and on The Diag—two major undergraduate campus haunts—that the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action and Integration and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN), Students Supporting Affirmative Action, and other pro-affirmative action groups gathered...
...those who disagree do more than defend the books as just good clean fun. They praise them as powerful moral tools. The Catholic News Service, run by the American bishops, puts the books on its recommended list for children. Ministers preach sermons likening Harry's running through the wall of Platform 934 to a leap of faith. "We're missing something if we can't tell stories from the Bible as compelling as Harry Potter," says John Fleming, minister of First United Methodist in Henrietta, Texas. Many have found embedded in the books all kinds of biblical imagery...
...awkward moment for Bush, as he began a seven-day diplomatic trip to smooth over relations in Europe and seek peace in the Middle East. Moreover, mistrust about the Iraqi intelligence was growing just as the Administration began to make a similar case against Iran. In order to defend the credibility of his agency, CIA Director George Tenet took the unusual step of issuing a statement last Friday dismissing suggestions that the CIA politicized its intelligence. "Our role is to call it like we see it, to tell policymakers what we know, what we don't know, what we think...
...roster was young, it is anything but inexperienced after facing five of the top teams in the nation, thoroughly dominating league challengers and commanding respect with its impressive showing in the NCAA tournament. With its entire starting lineup returning, the Crimson is poised to not only defend its title next year, but to begin challenging the nation’s elite from the very start of the season...
...only downside of the fall was that so many Crimson players went deep into the All-American tournament that the team could not field a full roster to defend its ECAC indoor championship against Yale. But Harvard would get to avenge that defeat handily in the spring...