Word: defender
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Caillaux sat, his fingers nervously tapping the desk, his bald head alternately red and white. Several times he rose to defend himself against the flagellations of his enemies; each time the friendly arm of M. Painlevé shot out to restrain him. Six times the Premier arose to his defense, twice M. Briand, the Foreign Minister, rose on a similar errand...
Following the action of the police of Boston and Cambridge a week ago in removing the Lampoon from the newsstands, it seemed probable that the editors of the publication would defend their issue in the courts. Professors in the Law School advised litigation; the Lampoon announced it would turn to counsel for advice. On Monday Boston newspapers declared that the final decision was to let the matter drop. This statement the Lampoon emphatically denied last night. There has been no action taken since the original statement was issued by the officers a week ago last Saturday. The meeting with...
...want war. We want to help Germany obtain its first political success ; to defend our right of self-determination in choosing our candidate for the highest post in the country despite intrigues. Victory over the socialistic Internationale means improvement in working conditions, means victory over international capital, which already is beginning to untie its money bags to oppose the nomination of our great ideal: Hindenburg. Therefore, with Jarres for Hindenburg...
...Army Reform Bill met opposition. Marshals Cadorna and Diaz, Senators, opposed the Bill, cried that Italy might at any time be called to defend her frontiers, that a force of 200,000 men was not excessive...
...author has been over-reticent in dealing with many of the episodes of "Bertie's" early life; he has been over-fearful of ruffling the supposed Germanophobe predilections of the reading public, as is witnessed by his fortuitous depreciation of the ex-Kaiser and his forced attempts to defend the Prince ; he has failed to bring out the Prince's personality and has depicted him more as a slave of convention than an independent and vital character...