Word: defenders
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None of these reasons is acceptable from a candidate running for the United States Senate. The Senate is more a forum for deliberation and debate than a platform for the delivery of canned speeches. Any candidate who cannot defend his position against two opponents in a series of public debates should not represent Massachusetts before a body of experienced politicians...
...year, thus provoking a new crisis in West Berlin. This is what prompted Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, just back from a quick, two-day inspection trip to West Germany, to publicly remind Nikita Khrushchev that the U.S. intends to use nuclear arms, if necessary, to defend its "vital interest" of access to the city...
Died. Giovanni Porzio, 88, longtime Italian senator and Vice Premier (1948-50), an operatic Neapolitan trial lawyer whose curiosity for peccadilloes and "crimes of honor" led him to defend bored playboys and cuckolded peasants, successfully arguing his last case at the age of 85; in Naples, Italy...
...encouraged its contributors to approach their topic from any point they desire. They have not been urged to defend or criticize any particular sort of examination question. According to Bramson, "The people have been invited to speak both as representatives of a particular field, and as individuals. We are hoping for contributions covering a very wide range: some persons are going to want to write about exams they have actually given; some may want to talk about the broader questions involved in what you might call the 'philosophy' of examinations...
...somewhat difficult to remember that until last week Jack Nicklaus, 22, the country's No. 1 pro, was still the U.S. amateur champion (having beaten Dudley Wysong, 8 and 6, in 1961's final). He wasn't on hand to defend his title last week at Pinehurst, N.C., of course. But there were still enough big names to make a big list of favorites. Deane Beman, the 1960 winner, was there. So were Charles Coe (winner in '49 and '58), Harvie Ward ('55 and '56) and Ted Bishop ('46). There was North...