Word: defenders
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...accepted help from Iran, has openly called his K.D.P. counterpart, Massoud Barzani, "a traitor" for opening the door to Iraq. In an exclusive interview with Time, Barzani, who has always believed in a federal union with Iraq, cited the Iranian involvement. "All we have done is to defend ourselves against the foreign threat of invasion." Speaking at the resort of Asalahuddin, 18 miles north of Erbil, he said, "We are still willing to cooperate with America if it is really serious." He does not rule out the possibility of mending fences with Talabani--nor has he given...
This concern is not baseless. Appearing on C-SPAN in an effort to defend this legislation, Rep. Toby Roth (R-Wis.) alluded to this trend of "Anglocentricity," stating, "We do not want any hyphenate Americans in this country; we do not want Italian-Americans, Jewish-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Korean-Americans...." Roth added that we will not repeat the mistakes of the former Soviet Union by allowing multiple languages in our country, thus causing its disintegration...
...Benjamin Franklins to the elected officials who call this marbled burg home, and you're likely to have to face off some Pellegrino-bloated Republican freshperson, waving an assault weapon or, worse, a bill to bring those hand cannons back to every suburbanite with a dandelion-free lawn to defend. Which is when you have to talk fast or else prepare to exit feet first, and just hope it doesn't take the undertaker too long to scrape the Brie smears off your mangled and purple throat...
...deliberately drab black and white text-only format. Billboards advertising tobacco products are subject to the same rules, and none are allowed within 1,000 feet of schools or playgrounds. After fashioning this policy missile, the Clinton camp hurled it right at Bob Dole, who half-heartedly defended tobacco last month, questioning whether it was really addictive. "Bob Dole faces a big decision today: protect children or protect the tobacco lobby," said Administration spokesman Joe Lockhart. "Dole will defend himself by bringing up the Administration's bad record on the drug issue," says TIME's John Dickerson. "Right...
...would have sat in to listen and report. Also, though no other participants knew it, senior policy adviser Bruce Reed had prepared only one advance draft of the speech Clinton would give, and it assumed a decision to sign (though Reed says he could have quickly revised it to defend a veto...