Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cure for the disease is discovered, but when it is suggested that the same cure be given to poor black youngsters, the public balks. The courts defend the exclusion of Blacks from treatment on the grounds that since the disease itself afflicted whites, the cure could be limited to caucasians on medical and not racial grounds. Such are the limits of the "Equal Protection Clause...
...team hoping to defend a conference crown, Harvard looked less than royal. The 15-3 tally matched the Olympians' previous best outing--that jaunt around the ice came at the expense of New Hampshire...
Imagine you are a freshman member of the 1987-'88 Harvard men's hockey team. You came to Cambridge as a highly-touted recruit, a hope for the future. You want to help Harvard defend its ECAC title. You can't wait to play your first-ever collegiate hockey game...
...Francis, the goalie who had to replace a shaken-up John Devin in the second period and face the Olympic firing line. The team that would try to shove pucks down the throats of Russian goalies in February was now using Francis as a target. He had to defend the Harvard net from the lighting-quick attack. What a way to begin your Harvard career...
...When have we hidden from the world that we are seeking to acquire fighter jets to defend ourselves?" Ortega said, noting it was already known abroad that the Sandinistas have built an airfield at Puente Huete, about six miles north of Managua, for the aircraft...