Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least to make excuses for it. Almost every university faculty in the West has members who call themselves Marxists; in contrast to a couple of decades ago, it is now generally safe and chic to wear the label like a blue work shirt under a tweed jacket. Many defend their faith by arguing that, as Chesterton said of Christianity, real Marxism has not failed because it has never been tried...
...addition to the strike leaders, Gierek was obviously referring to Poland's active dissident movement, spearheaded by the Committee for Social Self-Defense (known by the acronym KOR). Established after the 1976 riots to defend workers against official harassment, KOR has developed into the strongest dissident group in the Soviet bloc. Taking advantage of a relatively tolerant government attitude, it publishes several underground journals and is a sponsor of the underground "flying university" lecture series...
Looking more intense than usual, Carter attempted to be combative without totally bringing it off. He managed to defend his record, set up Reagan as a target and project a slightly beclouded vision of the future. But he was unable to generate fervid excitement even among his ardent supporters. As frequently happens to the President, his delivery lessened the impact of his speech; it read better than he read it. Unfortunately, the line that may be longest remembered was a slip of the tongue. Citing some of his party's illustrious members of the past, he named "Hubert Horatio...
...Mouth of the South arrived with a slightly modified hull (later changed even further) and the same crew that captured sailing's most coveted prize in 1977. He was the early favorite to defend the Cup in September against either Britain, France, Sweden or Australia; the foreign trials began last week off Newport. But from the outset Courageous has been buffeted by ill winds. In one race, the hydraulic device that controls the boom failed. Then the boom itself cracked, and a day later the yacht lost her mast when an inexpensive piece of equipment let go high...
...technique that could help the body to defend itself...