Word: defender
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...several practical accomplishments of the 1955 and 1956 Councils, some of which it editorially supported. In the report area the 1956 and 1957 Councils, both in writing new reports and publishing old ones, have performed services which have created student, faculty, and administration interest. I do not presume to defend mediocrity of different Councils at different times. Neither do I presume to defend the mistakes of this Council, whatever the reasons...
...fascinated with your Nov. 25 color pictures of the horrible monstrosities we have created to defend ourselves from destruction and to destroy other people who likewise are preparing similar machines to defend themselves from destruction by us. In the frenzied direction we are now headed, to avoid sudden destruction we seem to be preparing to perish slowly, like Laika, in a bigger and better metallic cage...
With two victories to its credit, a confident Crimson basketball squad will defend its undefeated status against Middle-bury College here tonight. Overconfidence may pose a bigger threat than the opposing team, which dropped its opener, 78 to 61, to Union College last Wednesday...
Army: Russian progress in intercontinental missiles will gradually make obsolete the Air Force's Strategic Air Command. To defend U.S. cities in the foreseeable future, major allocations must be committed now for an effective ICBM counterweapon. The current Army Nike system-both physically and technically -can be used for the more complex Nike-Zeus anti-missile system...
Europe was still determined to strengthen NATO and the free world's defenses. But in the past the U.S. has "offered" to defend Europe. The Europeans, who have a quick ear for the unsaid, are well aware that for the U.S.'s own defense, the U.S. now "has to" have Europe's geography if its IRBMs are to cancel out the threat of Russia's ICBMs...