Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. '38, associate professor of History, who had accepted the SDA invitation, commented last night, "I can understand why my Republican colleagues are reluctant to defend the Eisenhower administration; but I still regret the fact that we could not discuss the situation in public...
...Army career, Old Soldier Dean, 54, will be back with the troops as deputy commander of the Sixth Army, at San Francisco's Presidio-where, 30 years ago, he raised his right hand and said: "I, William Dean . . . do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same . . . and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. So help...
...Piazza. The Flying Friars have somewhat the same mission as France's controversial worker-priests. But their tactics, as well as their tight, centralized direction, are vastly different. Says Cardinal Lercaro: "The worker-priests hide the fact that they are priests; they act clandestinely, whereas my friars defend the teaching of Christ in the piazza in broad daylight." Like Father Toschi, all the Friars come from working-class families, and they are used to taking hard knocks. (Some of them fought with World...
...football's two-platoon era this season marked the decline & fall of the specialist, the player who could block but not tackle, the player who could pass but could not defend against enemy passes. This year All-America football selectors did not have to worry about such refinements as offensive and defensive teams. Last week and this, the Associated Press, United Press, International News Service, Look and Collier's released their choices. Notre Dame Halfback Johnny Lattner, for the second year in a row, made everybody's team. The consensus...
...there were difficulties. One was whether the U.S. should extend to Pakistan its guarantee to defend other peoples' boundaries (by NATO pact, the U.S. has already promised to defend 13 nations, extending in a vast crescent from Iceland to Mount Ararat in eastern Turkey). A budget-conscious new U.S. Administration is also not keen to take on another $250 million worth of foreign obligations. Furthermore, the U.S. is aware that Pakistan wants a strong army not only to protect itself against Russia, but against India, which it passionately dislikes, largely because of the Kashmir dispute...