Word: defenders
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...main proponents for the rightto worship their ancient gods and obey the ancientdivine injunctions. They carry on their struggleusing weapons provided by the very civilizationsthey oppose. They employ radar, computers, lasers,never gases and perhaps, in the future, evennuclear weapons--all products of the world theychallenge--to help defend their ancient heritageagainst the erosions of modern civilization. Incontrast with these technological inventions,other products of their civilization--likedemocracy or the idea of human rights--are notaccepted in many places in the world because theyare deemed to be hostile to local traditions...
...operation between such regions ought to be anatural component of co-operation on a world-widescale. As long as the broadening of NATOmembership to include countries who feelculturally and politically a part of the regionthe Alliance was created to defend is seen byRussia, for example, as an anti-Russian,undertaking, it will be a sign that Russia has notyet understood the challenge of this...
...would be no move from peacekeeping to forcible peacemaking, NATO defense ministers reaffirmed at a meeting in Brussels. At the same time, U.N. officials in the former Yugoslavia insisted that the new rapid-reaction force would operate under the rules that had applied since the beginning. The force would defend peacekeepers but would not launch offensive actions. UNPROFOR has always been permitted to use force in order to deliver aid, but it has never done so. The rapid-reaction force will technically have the same right, but it appears that the force will be treated in somewhat the same...
...entertainment industry is an empty, soulless empire. I can't bring myself to defend many of the films now made; I can't even defend those Dole approves of. Hollywood must examine itself. Its greed is sickening. It must judge the social impact, not just the popularity impact, of what it does. So must politicians who seek to exploit cultural values...
...first time, Kozyrev agreed to participate fully in the Partnership for Peace program, which links NATO with its former Warsaw Pact enemies. But Kozyrev warned the ministers that Russia continues to oppose its neighbors' actually joining the alliance: "We would need to clarify whom nato is going to defend itself against," he said. "If one has Russia in mind, it is obvious that this would mean creating new dividing lines in Europe." Washington, however, remains adamant that NATO has the right to accept new members without a Russian veto...