Word: defended
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...shaping their own lives It is possible, too that the same lack of candor might heighten the frustration of those who insecure about themselves, persecute gays In the Harvard community, at least, a large majority is content to live and let live, ready and eager to acknowledge and defend the rights of those different from themselves. We should not allow in intolerant minority (on both sides of the issue) to prevent us from discussing the problems involved in securing the well-being of homosexual without misleading anyone as to the values of the majority...
...city council recently approved unanimously a symbolic resolution to show its continued support of rent control, four of the nine council members--known as Independents--repeatedly support resolutions that would hamper the enforcement of the city's housing policy by, among other methods, denying the board adequate funding to defend its decisions in court. Since any rent board decision may be appealed to district court, this threat, along with other political ploys, help to push the board away from a strictly judicial function. The other factors that significantly damage the credibility of the agency's decision-making process...
...passed it on to London. Admiral Sir Terence Lewin, chief of the British defense staff, took the news at once to the five-member emergency War Cabinet of Prime Minister Thatcher, which was meeting at 10 Downing Street. Lewin's recommendation was that the Conqueror act to defend the British task force. The War Cabinet agreed, and the order to fire was sent back to Commander Wraith...
...modern missiles and submarines. It is wiser, he contended, to rely on a larger number of less expensive ships than to put too many eggs in one basket. Military reformers believe that the current state of technology gives an edge to those trying to destroy, rather than defend, a surface ship; U.S. carriers and battleships are particularly vulnerable to Soviet radar-guided missiles that can be launched from medium-range Backfire bombers. Said one official: "Why go out and build a $40 million ship when it can be wiped out by a $100,000 bullet?" The Senate last week decided...
...statement that God tells him to hate homosexuals, and a man in New York hearing God tell him the same thing. picking up an Uzi machine-gun, and moving down people as they leave a gay bar. One leads inexorably to the other, particularly since few people will defend homosexuals Parallels between the active gay rights movement in Germany up to the 1930s and the Nazi genocide (beginning as early as 1933) against homosexuals and over own times is uncomfortable, to say the least...