Word: defenders
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Opening arguments were scheduled today in the case that ignited a national debate over the rights of citizens to defend themselves versus the risks of vigilantism...
Usually being one to defend political cartoonists from those who are inclined to take their art too seriously, I feel a bit odd writing a letter to complain about the insulting and tasteless "Boyd's Eye View" you published on April 20. But Boyd's cartoon means to be taken seriously, and the subject matter is important enough that I can't avoid feeling insulted. The cartoon shows a coat-and-tie clad college student with the label "New Conservatism" with a demonic, whip-holding shadow labeled "New Collegiate Racism...
Some U.S. experts, notably former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, also worry about a lessening of the American commitment to defend Europe. Says Kissinger: "The so-called zero option . . . has little utility for arms control; it does represent an important step in decoupling Europe from the U.S. politically." To other Americans, this fear is exaggerated. They point out that plenty of American nuclear weapons, carried by bombers or launched by submarines, would be left for the defense of Europe. The independent British and French nuclear forces, which are not involved in the INF negotiations, would be left intact. Further, these...
...Leader: It depends how you define freedom of movement. We think that as long as the consul had at least one way of leaving the room, he maintained his freedom to move. We kept open the way that would force the vice-consul to engage the protesters outside and defend his country's policies. Don't forget though, that the consul merely had to ask, and the blockaders would have let him leave by the lower doors...
Although for centuries kings, emperors and politicians have hotly disputed this topic and men and women have shed their lifeblood to defend their opinions, even today the answer eludes scientists and philosophers alike...