Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rubber Facts. Even Lewis Strauss's supporters agree that if he had been willing to admit to a few errors, he could have assured his confirmation. But by straining to defend every jot and tittle of his record, he got involved in intricate quibbles and rubber-fact evasions that turned several committee Democrats against him. The 9-to-8 committee vote on Strauss, after 16 days of hearings, was far from the 14-to-3 endorsement that an informal poll of committee members had indicated before Strauss appeared as a witness...
...tanks, 5,000 ships and 9,000 planes. The German enemy was reeling: his cities had been bombed, he had lost North Africa and been thrown back to the seven hills of Rome. Wounded he was-but still deadly dangerous, with 60 divisions, including his crack Panzers, to defend Western Europe. Adolf Hitler correctly divined Normandy as the probable Allied Schwerpunkt, concentrated his armored reserves behind seven infantry divisions in the target area and, closer to Germany, maintained strength in the Pas de Calais area (see map). Hitler's most mobile general, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, well knew that...
...particularly attractive. But another possibility exists, that of neutralization: Germany could have complete sovereignty except in the making of military alliances, and foreign troops would not be allowed on German soil. This plan should certainly appeal to the West: militarily, Germany would be willing and able to defend itself; politically and economically, the extremely hopeful post-war developments of the Franco-German rapprochement and the European Common Market could be preserved; Germany, legally forbidden to enter NATO, would be none-the less committed in principle to the Western point-of-view...
...Depending on the color of your uniform, you follow a different party line. There is something fishy about that. I think we would be better off if we all wore the same uniform. You have three outfits that feel they must each defend the U.S. all by themselves." What if the Air Force got the Navy's strategic submarine-borne Polaris missile? "Immaterial . . I believe that one organization should be responsible for the offensive forces...
Should both crews go they will compete for two different cups. The lightweights will defend the Thames Cup which they won last year while the heavies will attempt to capture the Grand Challenge Cup. This will be the first time both Harvard crews have been at Henley in the same year...