Word: defenders
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...need to be here to defend the people who defend that painting," he said...
...DeAngelis. "We could have had the National Guard on alert, and it wouldn't have stopped this," he said. Metal detectors would not have stopped the rampage at the door, and he doesn't think the killers stashed their arsenal ahead of time, an argument that became harder to defend when it was reported that as a member of the audio-visual program, Harris may have had a key to the school. Maybe it would help to search routinely every car in the lot, the principal said, but that "is just not practical." DeAngelis passed the job back to students...
Kennedy alleged that although opponents of environmental legislation defend the free market, "you show me pollution, I'll show you a subsidy [given to the polluting company...
People have already started talking about school reform, and reporters have quizzed President Clinton about what policy initiatives he might take to make America's schools safer. Gun control activists are rushing to microphones, anxious to comment. Incredibly, even those against gun control are using the opportunity to defend their interpretation of the second amendment. (Could the rampage have been halted if one of the teachers had had a concealed weapon? one asked.) We should think about public policy...
There aren't many abusive baseball players I have ever been inclined to defend. Until a week ago, Darryl Strawberry was one of them...