Word: defender
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...guilty? Her new lawyer--a hotshot New Englander with an accent and a Ph.D.--is concocting an appeal in secret. More disclosures are sure to come, and several books are in the works. But could a mountain of paper make what she did O.K.? Is there any way to defend Mary? The key may lie in the meanderings of her heart...
...unrepentant Mary then emerged. She stopped taking the Depakote--her doctor approved, wrongly thinking she would quickly change to lithium, another medication used to treat bipolar disorder--and started telling friends that she and Vili were truly in love. "Since when do people who love each other have to defend it?" she would ask. She quarreled with her court-approved treatment counselor, Terry Copeland, who in 15 years had never seen a sex offender in his care return to prison for committing another sex offense. He has counseled more than...
...stand by my show," Moore said "There isnothing to defend."CrimsonMelissa K. CrockerSHOWING OFF: A model displaysclothing at the Eleganza fashion show...
...Pentagon once again last week had to defend its "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. It was implemented in 1994, after a debate between the White House, which wanted to let gays serve openly, and Congress and the military, which did not. The compromise ostensibly protected gays in uniform so long as they didn't flaunt their sexual orientation. But the number of personnel kicked out of the service for being gay soared from 617 in 1994 to 997 last year. The Pentagon says that 80% of those removed in 1997 declared their homosexuality; they told. Gay-rights groups...
...latter supposed to argue the terms of his or her existence at an institution that wields a decidedly lesser amount of musical clout than it does academically? Perhaps a better question would concern whether these individuals of unusual talent and artistry should be forced to defend themselves in the first place...