Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...love each other, do to each other, is a nightmarish realm only beginning to be forthrightly explored. Its particular horror stems from its viola tions of the trust upon which all intimate human relations depend: it is cruelty exercised on those nearest, most vulnerable, least able or inclined to defend themselves from their attackers. For those who commit private violence, who abuse children, beat wives and rape, the usual reasons behind public violence?greed, dementia, vengeance, feral antisocial anger?do not generally apply. How to explain acts of brutality so personal and thus so specially disturbing...
With their towering masts, vast expanses of Mylar-Kevlar sails, monstrous winches and computerized navigational aids, 12-meter yachts are the nimble-footed heavyweights of their sport. Add the tactical elements of chess: when to defend against an opponent's move, when to ignore it, when to sail off in a different direction. The unmatched combination of required resources has made modern Ahabs of the obsessed competitors...
...already contemplating how Australia will change the rules after it captures the Cup. "If we win," he says, "we're going to make sure all sailcloth must be made of kangaroo hide. Then we are going to fill up a salt lake in the outback and defend the Cup there." After this wild America's Cup summer, stranger things could happen...
...their operation to the 1,200-acre Silverado resort in Napa Valley and opened workshops in San Jose, San Diego, Seattle, Phoenix and Lake Tahoe. "We teach our guests what software to buy and what computer will fit their needs," says Gallagher. "We want them to be able to defend themselves in the computer world...
...late last week, Secretary of State George Shultz sought to allay congressional fears that the Reagan Administration was recklessly risking war by scheduling large-scale military maneuvers in Central America. If U.S. forces are attacked at any time during the six-month-long maneuvers, Shultz declared, "our forces will defend themselves but they will withdraw." He added, "We have no intent to engage anyone actively...