Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...opposite viewpoint will be put forward by Flynn, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and now Democratic party leader in the Bronx. He is expected to defend the need and usefulness of political machines, and will probably parallel the argument in his recent book, "You're the Boss," which was drawn from a life spent in politics...
These are somewhat unusual admonitions from a priest. The explanation is simple: together with the local schoolmaster, Giorgio Rainaldi, Don Francesco has gone into business as a theatrical producer. Said Rainaldi: "We must defend ourselves from Communism through happiness. . . . 'Servite Domino in laetitia' ('serve the Lord with gladness...
Last week, as Royal Marines from the Sheffield went ashore at Belize, Guatemalans called on their army for protection from "a British invasion." President Arévalo asked the U.S. to defend Latin American claims against Britain lest the inter-American system collapse. Citizens demanded 200% duties on all British goods. At week's end, there was loud talk of breaking diplomatic relations...
Chicken men can't understand why the world is against them. They argue that chickens are insensitive animals anyway, and that game roosters fare better than most common chickens, which end up in a fricassee without having a chance to defend themselves. Game cocks cannot be kept at large with another rooster, for a cock will fight to the death with any other male fowl he meets. Because no two cocks can be turned loose on the same walk (yard) without fighting, chicken men parcel their roosters out on as many as 40 neighboring farms, where they boss...
...turned out, possession of this incalculable hope brought only bewilderment, suffering, terror and tragedy to the fisherman and his wife (Maria Elena Marques) and to their infant son. Dealers tried to deceive them; ruffians tried to corrupt and divide them. The poor fisherman had to kill to defend his treasure and his own life. In consequence, the little family was forced into always more desperate flight through swamps and desolate country. The woman knew almost from the outset that tragedy was an inevitable part of such hope as theirs. The man had much to learn before he, too, was ready...