Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...John, I leave you to defend my honor, and my painting, which is dead...
...only two options: nuclear war, for which the U.S. was much better prepared; or a war limited to the area, also advantageous to the U.S. Given the American geographical position and strength in the area, the Soviets would find it costly to penetrate the blockade imposed by Kennedy or defend their ships. Vladimir Buzykin, head of the Latin American Department of the Foreign Ministry, told me that there was no contingency plan in the event the Cuban operation failed. By establishing the quarantine, Kennedy had presented Khrushchev with a fait accompli instead of the other way around...
...countless hours of testimony before congressional committees, the Defense Secretary has adamantly refused to be drawn into what he considers the ultimate budgetary trap: volunteering nonessential items. With willful patience, he defends the entire package. Says Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Barry Goldwater: "When he gets his mind made up, you just don't change it." Weinberger's admirers defend that strategy as both savvy and proper. "The Congress wants to be able to cut the budget and then say Weinberger said it's O.K.," says Carlucci. "That is a perversion of the process...
...Huskies adopted a new forechecking plan, sending two forwards deep into the Eagle zone and holding the third back to help defend against a B.C. rush...
...went through this long, hard fight because we felt a principle was at stake," said TIME Managing Editor Ray Cave outside the courthouse. "The principle was, if you think your story is right, then you better defend it. We are pleased with the verdict." Sharon, on the other hand, insisted that he had been vindicated in his $50 million libel suit against TIME. "I came here to prove that TIME magazine lied," he said. "We managed to prove there was a clear defamation. We came over here to prove that they have done it with negligence and with carelessness. Altogether...