Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minute gap, Nixon can only limply state, "I do not know"; "I did not do it." As the tapes come to light in his version of the story, Nixon makes it appear that he is as surprised as anyone at their contents. He does not defend his constitutional battle to save them from scrutiny, a major legal question, with much passion. Nor does he depict his progress towards impeachment with anything much beyond a description of eroding congressional support, as if it were a doomed legislative proposal and not an investigation of gross misconduct. He occasionally states calmly...
Such actions infuriate Defense Secretary Brown and the Carter Administration's other civilian defense officials, who will have to make repeated trips up Capitol Hill to defend their budget proposals. The continuing debate about the Navy is sure to become increasingly open, perhaps even reminiscent of the revolt of the admirals. Ultimately, therefore, it may be the public that will determine the Navy's role and the fate of the surface fleet...
...Saudis realize that with so small a population they cannot possibly build an army large enough to defend their vast frontiers. (Indeed, simply to begin developing their country, they have imported a foreign labor force of about one million.) Their only hope for defense, they believe, lies in acquiring modern weapons, like the F-15, that require limited manpower. The Saudis believe they need a military force capable of holding out against attack for at least two or three days−just long enough for a powerful friend to come to their aid. They want that friend...
UMass's only fourth-quarter tally, the final goal of Dave Martin's hat trick, proved to be the game winner, however. Try as it might, Harvard could not break through for the tying goal, and UMass held on to defend its New England title...
Another argument frequently used by certain private schools to defend their financial policies is that some of the students' tuition fees are used to support research and laboratory work in another part of the University unrelated to the students' own field. For example, undergrads' fees may be used to help defray the extra cost of a medical student's education, or a laboratory worker's research. The question is, why should undergrads' fees be used to support this activity extraneous to their own education, when in fact the University in question could use part of its own endowment...