Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...second novel will stand on its own binding. "I don't mean to sound defensive," she says at the end of our interview. "But that's the thing--people are always making me defensive about the book when it's supposed to speak for itself without you having to defend it to people. And that makes you feel like you really failed as a writer, because people aren't understanding...
...were not his own. Dukakis could have noted that, as a son of Massachussetts, it disturbed him to see a rival appropriating the eloquence of Bobby and Jack as if it were his own. In short, Dukakis might have required Biden to explain the themes of his campaign and defend both their originality and their relevance to the United States...
Hunt is quick to defend the animal research as humane as well, carefully controlled, and sparingly used at the center. He says many researchers now use tissue cultures, DNA studies, and other "alternative" methods rather than live monkeys in studies to study the effects of disease. In the 1960s, he says, it was far more common to infect a group of animals with a deadly disease to see how it progressed. "90 percent of our research really does use alternative methods," Hunt says...
Psychologists and sociologists defend postliberation men, saying that many have indeed become more sensitive and responsive in relationships. "Communication has been improved in recent years, though it is still a long way from where it should be," says Graham Spanier, professor of human development and family studies at Oregon State University. Observes E. James Lieberman, a Washington psychiatrist who specializes in couples therapy: "Women are still giving more than they get, but I think it's getting better. We are in the middle of a revolution, and it's moving in the direction we want...
When run flawlessly, the Wishbone is nearly impossible to defend. Confused linemen, linebackers and backfielders pursue bogus ball toters while the actual carrier breaks away into the open field...