Word: defendents
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First, though, Paulson felt called upon to defend what he has done. "The actions taken by Treasury, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC in October have clearly helped stabilize our financial system," he began. "Before we acted, we were at a tipping point." He's right about that. We'll never know just what horrors we might have tipped into (Paulson's less-than-evocative phrase for what could have been was "broad systemic event"). But it's clear that financial markets are much calmer - if not happier - than they were in early October...
...Board members. In cases where the student might be subject to official disciplinary action, the student has the opportunity to appear before the Board, make statements, and answer any questions Board members might have. This gives the students a voice in the process and lets them participate and defend themselves in their actions...
...Quarterback run might be the number one thing we have to defend this week,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said...
Risch defeated four rivals to fill the seat vacated by Senator Larry Craig, who retired after getting ensnarled in a sex scandal. Risch, a Republican and former lieutenant governor, ran on a tax-cut platform but had to defend himself against charges that he had ducked the Vietnam draft...
...Dems can win that seat and successfully defend two others, they will hold a majority - five of the state's eight members of the House - of the delegation for the first time since 1966. "Democrats have been mobilizing in ways unseen before in the state," says Fred Solop, chair of the political-science department at Northern Arizona University. "They have a shot at capturing the state house for the first time since 1966." Analysts say they also have a shot at taking back the state senate, which they haven't controlled since...