Word: defender
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Seeing Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council criticizing China for its failure to defend American, or American-style, ideals (News, April 14) is rather entertaining...
...have, myself, full confidence that if all do their duty, if nothing is neglected...we shall prove ourselves once again able to defend our island home, to ride out the storm of war, and to outlive the menace of tyranny, if necessary for years, if necessary alone...The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and in their need, will defend to the death their native soil, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength. Even though large tracts of Europe...have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo...
...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 percent of those removed in 1997 declared their homosexuality; they "told." Gay-rights...
...Crimson executives in question also defend themselves by nothing that several of the individuals whom Danilewitz names are themselves Jews. This point, however, is irrelevant. Arguing that Jews cannot discriminate against other Jews is an extremely weak and historically uninformed argument. Moreover, it does not address Danilewitz's main point: that these discussions should not have occurred...
...lower Sproul Plaza late yesterday afternoon, more than 50 students showed up to a rally to express their concern about the future of diversity on the campus. The protests coincided with the National Day of Action to Defend Affirmative Action across college campuses nationwide. More than 60 U.S. universities participated in the event...