Word: defendents
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...degree the Betts and Huntington issue indicate again that in the current climate at Harvard it takes courage to assist American intelligence agencies. It is not often that a scholar can both contribute to advancing knowledge and, at the same time, help his country. It is crucial that we defend the individual liberty of scholars to do so. Those such as Nadav Safran, as well as Samuel Huntington and Richard Betts who try to balance these potentially conflicting commitments deserve our respect and suppport. Jeffrey Herf Research Associate Center for International Studies Resident Tutor, Adams House
...would be cowardly of [the Class Gift Committee] not to debate," said Kamala S. Lakhdhir '86, co-president of the E4D undergraduate board. "They would be taking the easy way out if they are not able and willing to defend their views in public," she added...
...ought to do. "There have been no guarantees concerning action or nonaction on the part of the Soviet Union," said Valery Sukhin, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, at week's end. Georgi Arbatov, a top Kremlin adviser on American affairs, growled on U.S. television that Moscow had no deal to defend Gaddafi against the U.S. and added that the Libyan leader does not always tell the truth...
Leiken has vocal supporters. Mark Falcoff of the conservative American Enterprise Institute in Washington defends Leiken's analysis and argues that his colleague is attacked because he has deviated from the leftist line popular among academics. Others who know Central America well defend Leiken, if not always his point of view. "Bob probably knows more about Nicaragua than any other non-Nicaraguan," says Nina Shea of the New York-based International League for Human Rights. "He's tireless in his pursuit of the facts and lets the chips fall where they...
...turned out to be 1948, the year Israel actually became the autonomous homeland of the Jews. It is an oft-told story and one that is usually orchestrated for axes and grindstones. O'Brien is diplomatic but not impartial; he accepts the rationale of Israel and its right to defend itself against surrounding enemies. He sympathizes with Palestinians who feel they have had to pay for the persecution of Europe's Jews, but also believes that the Arabs are the victims of the vanity and fantasies of their leaders. Above all, he appreciates the sweeping drama of the return...