Word: defendents
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...return for these concessions, the peacekeeping mission is authorized to defend itself with force, to protect civilians and ensure safe passage of aid workers and aid. Though it is hoped that most of the troops will come from Africa, the logistics and technical support - which the ineffective African Union force lacked - will come from outside the continent...
...first faced sharp questioning over the firing of U.S. Attorneys, the Attorney General has earned disastrous reviews for his inconsistent testimony, poor judgment and for appearing to place loyalty to the White House above service to the public. By June it was hard to find a Republican willing to defend him. Now Gonzales' dissembling testimony about a controversial domestic-spying program has raised suspicions about what he is hiding and fueled new calls for him to go. Senate Democrats have called for a special prosecutor to investigate his activities as Attorney General, and a group of moderate House Democrats...
...says that she has never read Frey's book and that she chooses to write fiction because memoirs today "strain credulity." The novelist added, "This is an ethical issue which can be debated passionately and with convincing arguments on both sides. In the end, Oprah Winfrey had to defend her own ethical standards of truth on her television program, which was courageous of her; and Nan Talese had to defend her standards as a longtime revered editor, which was courageous...
LOOKING AHEAD When the fast-food chain opened in 1955, the largest soda was 7 oz. (about 200 mL). McDonald's execs defend Hugo, six times the size of the original, as just a summer promotion...
...Fortunately, one sacred summer pastime remained constant throughout our formative years, which we would defend at all costs: attending outdoor summer concerts. A rite of passage that was inevitably the highlight of our vacation, the outdoor concert was an activity that ushered my friends and me simultaneously into summer and post-adolescence...