Word: defender
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...melanin theory, most notoriously advocated by Leonard Jeffries, has no grounding in accepted fact and can defend itself only by claiming that the effects of melanin "cannot be measured with Eurocentric methods." What might those "Eurocentric methods" be? Science? That's probably one such method we might want to hold...
...tournament market the end of the fall season for the Crimson--a season which saw them successfully defend their ECAC crown...
Indeed, the most serious objection we see to the proposal to outlaw rent control schemes comes not from defenders of Cambridge's policy--on that count, there is little to defend. Rather, the objection comes at a deeper level--whether the state should be able to dictate city policies, a reasonable question in many cases. But not in this...
...University's obstruction of justice is simply unacceptable. The administration tried to defend the rights of an alleged criminal while ignoring the safety risks posed to the female student. So far, administrators have offered no convincing explanation to either the alleged victim and her family or to the entire Harvard community. And ironically enough, the latter's safety depends on Harvard officials' ability to cooperate with Harvard police and treat all cases involving threats and sexual harassment with the seriousness and responsibility that they deserve...
Some reporters highlighted every possible flaw in the study, prompting epidemiologist Janet Daling of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to defend her team's work. She pointed out that the investigation followed 1,800 women over a seven-year period, making it one of the largest studies ever to examine the relationship between abortion and cancer. "I'm absolutely appalled that politics is entering into the science of this study," the researcher complains. "No one is getting any of the correct information out to the public...