Word: defender
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Murphy's calls shone like his halfback pass. Well attuned to the danger of the flanker reverse from watching game film of junior Terence Patterson's game-winneragainst Cornell, Princeton Coach Steve Tosches hadhis squad prepared to defend it, and Wilske wasstuffed for a five-yard loss on the firstoffensive series...
Their efforts coincided with nationwide protests attacking the demise of affirmative action, which took place over the past two days during the "National Days of Action to Defend Affirmative Action...
...slim he'll raise his hand and swear an oath before a committee of mostly junior Congressmen peering down at him from their platform armchairs. Clinton would not be likely to have a transcendent, Ollie North moment; he's not an unknown lieutenant colonel with a cause to defend...
...could argue, of course, that things aren't like that anymore. Our records are more extensive, more carefully catalogued, more painstakingly reproduced. But one could also argue that this just means we will leave behind even more garbage. Likewise, we might defend the pundits by granting that when they talk about "history," they aren't talking about 3,000 years from now--they're talking about 30. If the Nixon scandal fits these pundits' conception of "history," well, sure. Problem is, most of the people who watched that scandal unfold are still alive. We can't be honest about allowing...
Technicians drain the afterbirth of its blood and process the material to concentrate the stem cells. Theoretically, stem cells can rebuild the body's bloodmaking machinery so that it produces the full array of effective blood cells the body needs to defend itself against germs, close wounds and transport oxygen. Scientists speculate that cord stem cells are more adaptable and will transplant more successfully, even in patients with imperfect biological matches, than stem cells harvested from adult bone-marrow donors...