Word: defendents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more ambiguous, the President would retain more flexibility on critical questions, such as what specific Soviet actions would constitute a threat against U.S. interests in the Gulf region and how the U.S. would respond. Another debate was over how Carter should refer to the area he was proposing to defend. He finally decided that "the oilfields" sounded too crass, and settled on "the Persian Gulf region...
Leaders of the Rhodesian security forces, who technically retain authority over the auxiliaries, defend them as a disciplined and apolitical force for "national reconstruction." But Muzorewa's rivals argue that they represent a threat to free and fair elections. One irate black leader, the Rev. Ndabaningi Sithole, last week called on the other opposition parties to join him in boycotting the election unless the Governor asserted more control over the auxiliaries. Said he: "We have law-protected lawlessness, and Lord Soames doesn't appear to have the imagination or the capacity to deal with the situation...
...Rock, Shadow of Heroes) and movie scripts (Madame Bovary, Khartoum) that the Chicago-born Ardrey wrote, beginning in the 1930s, showed the fascination with man's roots that later led him into anthropology. It was his notion that man is a "risen ape" whose drive to acquire power, defend territory and make war is inherited, rather than a learned response. This idea, like others Ardrey embraced, stirred wide controversy among scholars and laymen-which, in a way, was his purpose...
...through diplomatic channels are effective nonmilitary ways to check Soviet actions. An inflated military budget, draft registration, and rapid deployment forces give America the illusion of preparedness and allow the U.S. to be more easily led into war, while in reality not adding anything to America's capacity to defend herself...
Andre must defend his work against repeated claims that such nonrepresentational and non-sculpted work cannot be called art. Actually, his art is important precisely because it is so radically different from traditional sculpture. Andre seeks to express himself in the simplest, most fundamental manner...