Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Afterward, Ambassador de Lequerica, a shrewd bon vivant who has unofficially held down Spain's Washington embassy since 1948, was asked by reporters what Spain could contribute. "Spain," he replied, "is a nation absolutely ready to resist any aggression and defend Europe...
Jaunty and happy, James F. Byrnes stood in the bright southern sunshine outside the Capitol at Columbia and raised his right arm. He swore that he would defend the South Carolina and U.S. Constitutions, that he had not engaged in any duels since Jan. 1, 1881, that he would not engage in any while in office. The cheerful, unsegregated crowd of 65,000 whites and Negroes sent up a roar of applause for South Carolina's new governor...
...make these points: 1) Present effective forces for Europe's defense can be counted at no more than a dozen divisions. However, the West's forces are so far outnumbered that detailed arithmetic does not matter much. What counts is whether European nations have the will to defend themselves. 2) Compared with six months ago, European governments now seem animated with a new spirit of urgency. Even so, no European nation's sense of urgency yet equals America...
...Harvard crew will defend four cups and attempt to regain its Eastern Sprint title in a six-regatta schedule released yesterday by Director of Athletics William J. Bingham...
Japan may be the strongest anti-Communist force in Asia. But as an occupied country, it is a limping liability which U.S. troops are obliged to defend. Recognizing that General MacArthur's successful occupation has passed the point of diminishing returns, President Truman last week gave hope of an early Japanese peace treaty. He appointed U.N. Delegate John Foster Dulles head of a mission to "conduct such further discussions and negotiations as may be necessary to bring a Japanese settlement to an eventual successful conclusion...