Word: defender
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American who defend Clinton from the Lewinsky allegations only because their pocketbooks are fat ought to rethink their position, if not out of the demands of conscience, then out of the realization that the nation's financial state might not be so secure after...
They originally planned to appear at a hearing to "defend our right to organize," announced to flyer posted earlier this week in the Yard. This hearing, originally scheduled for today, was canceled because of last-minute cooperation with Red Cross management...
...said that mortal enemies, in time, come to resemble each other. Perhaps that explains how Hillary Clinton, a staff lawyer on the House Judiciary Committee during Watergate, is sounding a tiny bit like Tricky Dick himself. As she sought to defend her beleaguered husband last week, Mrs. Clinton charged that accusations against him, of adultery and perjury, are the invention of a "vast right-wing conspiracy" determined to undo the results of the past two elections. What's more, the alleged conspirators--a multitalented cabal including not only Kenneth Starr and Paula Jones but also Senators, judges, publishers, Internet gossips...
Women who want to learn about defending themselves from rape and other attacks can take classes from the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) Rape Aggression Defense Systems (RAD). Sargent James L. McCarthy, coordinator of RAD, said the program teaches participants to avoid dangerous situations and to defend themselves if such situations arise...
...when Goldberg turned out to be the brains behind Linda Tripp's scheme to tape Monica Lewinsky, she didn't even try to hide. Instead she said she was coming forward to defend a friend. Tripp, she said, "is heartsick." Speaking on Saturday at a frenetic news conference outside her New York City apartment, Goldberg added, "If somebody takes a hit at Linda Tripp, they will hear from me." She also expressed sympathy for Lewinsky, but her words struck many listeners as insincere, since the tapings have caused Lewinsky so much anguish...