Word: defenders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...must better defend the rights of itsminorities. "Democracy is not mob rule, it's nottyranny of the majority, "West said. "When thosedemocratic institutions are blocked, lethargy andapathy...
Witzel's statement also said that "his personalchampionship of Mrs. Garzilli is an attempt torectify the harm James Benson did to her in thepast, and to make up for the administration'sfailure to defend her at that time. This is anissue with a history...
...among the N.R.A. members who felt enough devotion to lay down good money to attend the five-day conference in Phoenix. While many members allowed that the N.R.A. leadership's rhetoric was over the top, many also strongly perceive a government campaign to strip them of the ability to defend themselves. "That final loss of all weapons is a real fear for a lot of us," says Phillips of the Colorado N.R.A. "We've heard federal people talk about the disarming of America, and we'll take them at their word." They firmly adhere to the slippery-slope argument...
...Committee presented Finance Committee chairman Bob Packwood with results of its inquiry into allegations against him. It found evidence that the Oregon Republican grabbed or kissed women on 18 occasions, improperly solicited a job for his wife and altered evidentiary diary entries. Packwood said he welcomed the opportunity to defend himself before the committee...
...N.R.A. could care less what Stokes or anyone else thinks. Browse through its venomous mailings and you quickly realize why it's sometimes easier to defend free speech when no one hears it. The N.R.A. is about power. It gets it by whipping its members to a frenzy of antigovernment paranoia. It holds their attention and picks their wallets by flaunting its control over politicians who crave its approval or fear its wrath or just want its campaign money. And it very clearly won't relinquish even an iota of its influence without a fight...