Word: defenders
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...that varies from $64 to $102 a month depending on family size. Profound "positive" effects were claimed for the new law almost immediately. The key analysis was conducted by June O'Neill, who now directs the Congressional Budget Office. O'Neill, who had been hired by New Jersey to defend a lawsuit aimed at overturning the law, found "strong evidence that the family cap ... generated a significant change in the decision of single mothers to have an additional child." How significant? The reduction in births among women aware that their benefits would decrease ranged up to 29%, she said...
Thousands of Sudanese soldiers and militiamen took to the streets of Khartoum, saying they were ready to defend their border from attack by Egypt. Earlier, Sudan threatened to withhold water from the Nile, Egypt's life line, if Cairo sends troops to the disputed Halaib region claimed by both countries. Tensions have been escalating since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak accused Sudan's leader Hassan Turabi of planning last week's assasination attempt in Ethiopia. In response to Sudan's threats, an angry Mubarak warned that Egypt would confront "those who play with fire in Khartoum...
...tenure matter"--at least for now. But any formal investigation of a professor's ideas raises serious concerns about the chilling of academic freedom. Will the next professor who is thinking about an unconventional research project be deterred by the prospect of having to hire a lawyer to defend his ideas...
Neil Rudenstine falls ill and makes the cover of Newsweek. Alan Dershowitz helps defend O.J. Simpson. Professor Hack gains notoriety by legitimizing the notion of outer space sex offenders. The omnivorous appetite of the mass media and its allure have fed on and been fed by the Harvard community. Where once we were a breeding ground and intellectual wellspring for leaders today we are becoming an adept player and purveyor in the mass media game...
...Martinez says, his friend called him for what turned out to be the last time. "He was basically asking me about taking up arms against the government. 'Hypothetically, they've come to get my guns. Will I defend myself?' I'd been in law enforcement at that time about five years, and the question was so off the wall. I mean, you should be talking about probable cause, about why they would come to take my firearms from me. But the scenario being painted was, all of a sudden, the government turns into a fascist government. They're gonna come...