Word: defended
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...This is how it goes now. Planned Parenthood clinics lose money to help fight cancer because their parent organization has an image problem: Every time they have to step in to defend abortion rights, it reinforces the impression that that is their main mission. This makes them an easier political target, since overwhelming majorities of Americans favor access to contraception: a Wall Street Journal poll last summer found that 81% of Catholics and 75% of born-again Christians favored providing access to birth control as a way to reduce the need for abortion...
With a national championship, All-Americans, an Ivy League title, and Junior World competitors, the Harvard Fencing team would seem to have no problems breezing into NCAA Championships to defend its title. But after last year’s fairy tale performance, Harvard has to deal with the pressure of entering the tournament as defending champions this weekend in Madison, N.J., without a full 12-person team...
...many freshmen played well in limited minutes towards the end of the year, perhaps setting the stage for big sophomore seasons. And who knows, perhaps the new coach will bring an offense or defense so unfamiliar to the other Ivy teams, they won’t know how to defend it. 2008-2009 has been talked about as Harvard’s chance to make a run at the league title...
...Bayrou: I want to change French politics. I want a new deal. And obviously everyone who is in on the old deal will defend it tooth and nail. They've had all the posts, all the responsibilities for the last 25 years, and they'll create a sacred union to defend their place. If I'm not wrong, the French people will oppose them...
...Gonzales may also be suffering from what the aide calls "Rummy rub-off." Senators who stood up loud and clear to defend Rumsfeld before the '06 election, only to have Bush fire him immediately afterwards, have learned their lesson. Few want to take the political hit defending someone they don't like, only to see him step down in a few days or weeks...