Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Aretha also nominates Frenchman Charles Aznavour. A few more will accept such blues-oriented whites as the Righteous Brothers, Paul Butterfield, and England's Stevie Winwood?largely because their sound is almost indistinguishable from Negro performers'. But for the most part, Negroes leave it up to whites to defend the idea of "blue-eyed soul," whether by the criterion of talent, experience or temperament. Janis Joplin argues it this way: "There's no patent on it. It's just feeling things. A housewife in Nebraska has soul, but she represses it, makes it conform to a lot of rules like...
...gold reserves. Although the organization's total reserves still remain fixed at $21.1 billion, a growing share of that is held in dollars, pounds and francs-the very currencies that creditor countries have been shunning. It thus would have made little sense for the IMF to try to defend the franc by making its loan to Paris largely in dollars or sterling. Instead, it put together a potpourri of currencies ranging from Danish kroner and Irish pounds to South African rands and Mexican pesos...
...question is raised as to whether or not anyone under 30 can be trusted. Perhaps the person to ask is General Hershey. He seems to trust the youth of America enough to have them defend the fortresses of democracy and the American way around the globe...
...PEOPLE at the Joint Center are quite sympathetic to Roxbury exasperation. But they also defend basic research in utilitarian terms. "In a highly unquotable fashion," comments one Center member, "the function of the Center is to undermine bullshit." Joint Center studies supply data of the sort that, when supplied by the government, is highly unreliable and political. Center members are able to evaluate government programs from a more-or-less neutral position. (The most controversial policy study--The Federal Bulldozer, done by Martin Anderson--was a slashing criticism of the urban renewal program...
...Give the local federal court a list of lawyers willing to defend Selective Service clients who are unable to pay. The Federal Criminal Justice Act of 1964 provides for such assistance, but the court now chooses from a list which does not necessarily include lawyers interested or experienced in draft work...