Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...question period which followed speech, Fomin was forced to defend Soviet intentions. He said that Russia would not pay for the UN Congo operation "which helped murder Patrice Lumumba," and that East Germans were killed when escaping into West Berlin because they did not leave "through the proper channels of visas and passports...
...amateur efforts are likely to have an ample share. The critic must understand these organizations--along with the nature of their task--well enough to know their potential and their handicaps. Then he must judge the actual performance against what he thinks is possible from such a group, and defend his conclusion convincingly...
...United States." Attorney General Kennedy could have actively protected the well-being of the leaders of the Albany movement. He hesitated, preferring to congratulate Albany's police chief (who arrested over 1,000 Negroes) for maintaining the peace. His Justice Department rarely used its power of injunction to defend the rights of assembly and petition (though participation in marches and prayer-demonstrations provided the "legal" reason for jailing at least 700 citizens in Albany...
...unfortunate that so many students in the University know Delmar Leighton only as the Master of Dudley House, for his recent efforts on behalf of the neglected commuters have tended to overshadow his previous contributions as Dean of Freshmen and Dean of the College. His readiness to defend the rights of any student in the University has made him one of the most significant figures in the struggle to build the framework of freedom which is now taken for granted in the University...
Against the barrage, hapless Jim Hagerty could only defend the program. "It was," he said, "a fair presentation, giving both sides of a controversy." Commentator Smith professed surprise; he thought the discussion was "a little overbalanced in favor of Dick Nixon," and that Hiss, as one of Nixon's "Six Crises," had every right to appear. At week's end, Dick Nixon, whose mail had ballooned after the show, asked rhetorically. "What does an attack by one convicted perjurer mean when weighed on the scale against the thousands of wires and letters from patriotic Americans...