Word: defender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will also challenge President Bok to a debate on divestiture. We want to give the administration a chance to defend their position," Plotz said...
...book, Castro basically views Christianity as useful for revolution. Disagreeing with Karl Marx, he does not think religion is necessarily the opiate of the people. That depends, says Castro, on whether it is used to defend the rich. He sees great promise in Latin American Catholicism's shift from a traditional alliance with "oppressors" to greater concern for the poor. Says he: "There are 10,000 more coincidences between Christianity and Communism than there could be with capitalism." Liberation theology, he exults, is "a re-encounter of Christianity with its roots, with its most beautiful, heroic and most glorious history...
...assaults during November. "It's a pity to see the way they waste men," observes a rebel fighter. Ethiopian casualties in the battle numbered 200 killed or wounded and four captured. The rebels refuse to discuss their losses. Says Afewerki: "When you attack, you lose men, and when you defend, you also lose men." The E.P.L.F. leadership is confident, as are Western intelligence analysts, that the sputtering government drive, like the seven other major offensives launched by Mengistu's army since 1977, will fail to crack rebel lines around Nacfa...
...refugee camps are more difficult to hide and defend. This fall the Ethiopians struck at nine camps, killing 66 civilians. At Solomuna camp, home to 7,000 Eritreans, including 500 children in an orphanage, Ethiopian MiGs dropped 20 bombs in one day last September. Nine people were killed, including six children, and 23 were wounded. Solomuna's residents now rise before dawn and climb into narrow ravines, where they spend the day huddled under rock overhangs. The sound of a distant MiG one morning instantly silenced several hundred chattering children, as all peered skyward. Ghiday Haile, 33, sat under...
...feisty Tolentino, whose quick wit and muscular physique belie his age, found a new position. "If the Supreme Court rules the bill unconstitutional, then there will be no election," he said. "If it doesn't, there will be (an election), and we have to support the Supreme Court to defend the constitution." As for his well-known dissatisfaction with Marcos- style rule, Tolentino now says calmly, "The moment I become his Vice President, I can be close to him and advise him more effectively...