Word: defenders
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Like clean air and water, a reduced budget deficit is a public good: everyone benefits from it. At the same time, though, it is in each person's private interest to fight to defend his particular piece of the Government spending pie. Ultimately, America's prosperity will depend on whether its leaders have the courage to put the public good above private interests...
...inside two military camps, first hundreds, then thousands, then tens of thousands of common citizens poured into the streets to offer food, support and protection, if need be with their bodies, to the maverick soldiers and Aquino backers. As civilians, bearing only flags and flowers, took up positions to defend the military men, the world knew that it was watching more than just an electoral upheaval...
Meantime, three Australian syndicates are battling for the right to defend the Cup. Bond's Australia IV, descendant of the '83 champion, is six points behind Kookaburra III, which represents the Cup debut of rival Perth Millionaire Kevin Parry. Sydney's Steak 'n' Kidney trails the pack...
...refusal to cooperate somehow seem heroic. "Despite my very strong desire to provide Congress with my recollection of the facts pertaining to this matter, counsel has advised me that I should avail myself of the protections provided by that same Constitution that I have fought to support and defend." Democrat Thomas Lantos pledged to contribute to an Ollie North defense fund being set up by Annapolis classmates, and Republican Robert Dornan, in praise of North's patriotism, paraphrased a rollicking Rudyard Kipling ditty: "He's Ollie this and he's Ollie that. Get 'im out of here, the brute...
Young attributes the problem in part to an unemployment rate among inner- city black youth that far exceeds 50%. Some city leaders, however, point fingers at Young, who has long been hostile to gun control and has asserted that citizens need to be able to defend themselves. The availability of handguns, critics say, makes violence inevitable. Says FBI Agent John Anthony: "I remember when carrying a gun was pretty heavy stuff. Now you get 14- and 15-year-old kids carrying guns." Anthony and others claim that the widespread sale and use of crack has promoted warfare among young, heavily...