Word: defender
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Local authorities defend the deal with a rosy economic forecast prepared for Greater Louisville Inc., the metropolitan area Chamber of Commerce. The chamber study predicts that 6,000 UPS jobs "will spawn nearly 8,000 additional jobs" throughout the region. It is estimated that all those jobs in turn "will generate more than $477 million annually in payroll growth." As is the case with many economic-impact statements, the numbers are fuzzy. But whatever the case, growth would have occurred somewhere in the U.S., perhaps even in Louisville, where UPS is already heavily invested. To remain competitive...
...lose two key players but have a strong nucleus returning to defend the national title. The Wildcats have won either the ECAC regular season or tournament championship in three of the last five years...
...potential to score from distance made Clemente extremely difficult for most power forwards to defend, and when defenses honored the outside shot, it generated scoring opportunities for center Paul Fisher in the paint...
...editorial, the Dean attempts to answer the arguments of those who defend final clubs. He says that proponents of the clubs have argued that dormitories offer an inadequate escape from academic and social pressures. He then champions the House system by offering a two-tiered analysis. First, he argues that the Houses provide students with diverse living environments which promote their learning experience. Second, he argues that "students know what to expect when they come to Harvard, and the Clubs do not serve students well as places where they may seek to escape from the most basic tenets...
...accuses him of voting to raid the Social Security trust fund to pay for welfare. "Call Congressman Pallone," the announcer says, over a video of disreputable card sharks, "and tell him to...stop gambling with our futures." Pallone says the ad is false, but now he'll have to defend himself until Election Day. Americans for Job Security plans to spend $2 million to take him down...