Word: defender
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Massachusetts students who come to Harvard must defend their choice of school to those who believe that going to college necessitates going somewhere...
...tells us something about the new world order when the global battles America is fighting are less about the balance of power than about the balance sheet. We gauge our vital interests not by which boundaries we will defend but by which currencies. And the meetings that matter most don't always take place in the soundproof White House Situation Room; some are held in a private dining room at the Jefferson Hotel...
...watching closely in coming weeks. Some lawmakers will surely attack the new aid package after the holiday recess. Populist Democrats will object to any bailout of Wall Street speculators, and conservative Republicans will see little to praise in a taxpayer subsidy for a foreign government. The White House will defend its actions, noting that Korea is strategically more important than other Asian nations...
Whether the issue is chastity, the Middle East or transgenderism, Danilewitz has not hesitated to defend a position that goes against the grain. His articulate voice represents a refreshing dose of energy for the Crimson. -Adam R. Kovacevich...
...going to the movies twice a week, they degrade her intellectual curiosity. Her daughter Lisa (Erica P. Rabbit '00), calls her retarded, and her husband beats her when he finds out she is enrolled in the class. But this isolation and alienation only further pushes Julie to defend herself. She kicks her husband out of the house and takes on work to support her two children...