Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...honest even to suspect such a trick, and was an easy victim. It was suggested on many sides that the Trophy should be exhibited in the Yacht Club this year, covered with a black cloth. Kaye Don proved himself a thorough sportsman when he refused to defend himself or to accuse or criticize Wood. He has made a most unusual impression by his personality and by his handling of a very difficult situation on the Detroit public, and a campaign is on foot to present him with a testimonial of some sort. The English press has been kind...
...questions. At Zamboanga he was told that 300,000 Moros were temporarily satisfied with American rule (total Philippine population: 12,604,100). A fatalistic delegation of them presented a petition: "If independence must come, return to us the arms the Americans took away from us so that we may defend ourselves." At Baguio, mountainous summer resort, fortnight ago, Secretary Hurley remarked upon the unwillingness of many of his witnesses to have their testimony made public for fear of boycott. "What is told me in confidence I must hold in confidence," he explained. "Furthermore, I cannot assume responsibility for statements made...
Opening the newly re-surfaced Divinity courts, the University and Freshman fall tennis tournament will commence this afternoon. The singles tournament trophy is the Jackson Cup, now held for two years by H. M. Coggeshall 3L, who will defend it this year. Gold and silver medals are given to both the winners and the runners up of the Singles A and B tournaments...
There is no need to defend the editorials of the paper. It may, however, be pointed out that suppression from above usually side rather than hinders a cause and that in frank self-criticism lie the germs of self-improvement. It is to be hoped that the editors of the student paper will not retreat in the face of high-handed action...
...particularly in stories written for the cinema. This one follows the accepted outline. It gives glimpses of a circus train in motion; a plump bibulous circus-proprietor; a moth-eaten lion ; a fight in which the circus performers are attacked by the population of a small town and they defend themselves with brickbats and fists, shouting the traditional "Hey, Rube!" loudly and frequently. The local color is not new but it is fairly well done. The story itself, about two sisters, one an old trouper, the other a school girl on vacation, both of them attached to a handsome young...