Word: defendent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there are doctors who play God already, although it is illegal, given a freer hand, there might be doctors who could even more severely misuse their powers. A physician has a job to perform, and that is to save lives; just like a lawyer who has to defend his client even if he knows that his client is guilty, a surgeon cannot pass a value judgement on a patient's quality of life. A surgeon has to do everything he or she can to preserve that life...
...issue of racial preferences has been a hot topic in the news lately. Contentious debates have arisen all over the country surrounding policies of affirmative action and quotas. Activists have been forced to defend many long-standing programs against a rising backlash against what some dub as reverse-racism...
...Fort $115; dollsandreams.; ages 3 and up This smart, sturdy and uncreatively named fort will be the centerpiece of many games. Attack it, defend it, play king and queen, open the drawbridge and slide up the gate. Its simplicity is an invitation to more imaginative play than fussier--and more fragile--castles...
What the FBI did to Jewell was investigate him. What the media did was report on the investigation. Unlike me, Jewell was never arrested; he was not indicted on information the FBI knew or should have known was false; he was not required to hire a criminal lawyer to defend himself at trial for fees he could never pay. And he will never be asked to explain why he was acquitted by the jury or why he was ever indicted in the first place. These are questions potential employers ask. The answers are not easy to explain. I think Jewell...
While some argue that Asian-Americans have a responsibility to defend affirmative action, others say Asians are bearing more than their share of the burden...