Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...family shipping and insurance interests, he founded a conservative French-language newspaper, Le Reveil, located in Beirut. Says Pierre: "Amin has his weaknesses. I know; I raised him. But he is also a person of character, of strong values, and I know that he will use them strongly to defend Lebanon and its unique heritage." In its initial assessment of Amin, the Reagan Administration had viewed him as somewhat...
...sometimes restively the posturing of U.N. members as a necessary safety valve in the chaotic world of international politics. No longer. The most recent confrontations over Israel reveal that the Reagan Administration has adopted a new, highly aggressive attitude toward the U.N. The U.S. goal is not just to defend Israel. It is to arrest a political trend that threatens to discredit the work of the U.N. and its specialized bodies As a senior State Department official puts it "The U.N. is not a detached forum where nations can say what they want. It is an important part of diplomacy...
...journalistic principles, this article betrays conservatism. The Burke who expounded conservatism so eloquently also spoke for the rights of American colonists, the Irish, and Indians against the excess of colonial administration. His enlightened conservatism contained a respect for human rights as an integral part; a paper which claims to defend "retention of valuable traditions a la Burke" has no right to such an appelation after the publication of such an article...
...allies in the Reagan Administration. "Fundamentalism in and of itself is not a political threat," he says. "It becomes a threat if it is used as a cover by others- Communists or whomever-to get into people's minds." The Sultan of Oman is determined to defend his country against that possibility...
Newly installed in the presidential palace, Siles Zuazo told TIME South America Bureau Chief Gavin Scott last week that he includes the sick economy and the cocaine trade among his highest priorities. "We must defend the cultivation of coca," he insists, "since from time immemorial it has been chewed by our people to relieve pain. But we must fight to the death for the repression of drug traffickers who take the leaves and make cocaine." This puts the new President in a delicate position: some military men have quietly warned they will resist any attempt to crush the profitable business...