Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there is some action. The F.H. contingent must swing around a quarter turn. The result is hectic. Under the Defend the Democratic Rights of Oppressed Nationalities banner stands a short and stumpy man. A faded version of the Pillsbury Doughboy dressed in gray cap, jacked and pants, he stomps his feet in cadence with the archings of his eyebrows and the mechanical chomp of his tight-lipped mouth...
...stifled by the urgency of the nation's legislative needs and the political advantage of party unity. It is clear, however, that if the Democrats turn fratricidal, House Republicans intend to take advantage of the disarray. Republican Leader John Rhodes has been quietly organizing his followers both to defend many of President Ford's legislative proposals and present other alternatives if the Democrats flounder...
Wicklein added that he would defend Ziegler's right to speak on campus, if he were not paid for appearing there...
...chat with Admiral Frederick Palmer, who is directing the textbook project for the Navy. The Admiral admits that he is not familiar with the name of the company or the contents of the study. Rooney drops in on a congressional committee session to hear a New Hampshire Congressman defend disaster relief for people in ski areas where there is no snow. The reporter asks wanly, "Is not snowing a natural disaster?" Though Rooney never finds out anything very substantive, his excursion is worthwhile. Gratuitous secrecy, he reminds his audience, flows through Washington as naturally as the Potomac. It would...
...itself is of little strategic importance to Saigon, the ease with which the Communists overran Phuoc Long province was a major psychological defeat. "Its fall showed that the central government in Saigon is quite weak," conceded one State Department analyst. "A year ago it would have gone in to defend or recover the place." Equally important, the offensive against Phuoc Long was an indication of an ominous change in the Communists' overall strategy in South Viet Nam. Since the Paris Accords, the Communists have concentrated on building up their hold on rural areas; now they seem ready to attack...