Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committed Washington to support of the present regime in Saigon. Fulbright's views were echoed by several anti-Administration witnesses before his Senate Foreign Relations Committee-most notably George F. Kennan, former U.S. Ambassador to Moscow and a leading exponent of the "containment" policy that was designed to defend Europe against Soviet expansionism in the late 1940s...
...feud with Lyndon Johnson, whose civil rights policies are not popular in Arkansas. Said a Little Rock businessman last week: "Bill has laid the gauntlet down and said, 'I'm going to say what I think.' A great body of people around here will defend him for that, even if they feel he's wrong." Adds James Powell, editorial-page editor of the Arkansas Gazette: "Fulbright got a lot of sympathetic reaction to Lyndon's blackballing him socially. That makes a lot of people mad as hell -it makes me mad as hell...
...seek and smash Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces in selected areas. Next, the South Vietnamese army will move in and mop up what is left of the enemy. At that point, exit the army and enter the region's own police force and popular forces, ready to defend themselves. A key to making this phase work will be the white-uniformed national police force ("the white mice") under Colonel Pham Van Lieu, who are already showing promise of developing into an effective countrywide law-enforcement agency. As one American says: "If the mayor of Cedar Rapids...
Wayne Anderson of Harvard was the only competitor to defend a first-place medal from last year's meet. Anderson nipped the Northeastern trio of Roger Pierce, Karl Farmer, and Willie Cater, for a 5.6 second victory in the 50-yard dash...
...hands was peeling. In a game that depends almost entirely on feel, he could not even grip a club without his hands going numb. Doctors told him he had a circulatory ailment, advised him to give up golf. Venturi stubbornly refused to quit, and went out to defend his championship in the 1965 Open. He shot a dreadful 81-79, failed even to survive the second round cut. "How can I play?" he groaned. "How can I ever play tournament golf again...