Word: defenders
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...Presbyterianism--"a sense of predestination," as White House senior aide Mack McLarty once put it. Lindsey is often the one in high-level meetings who speaks only if he has to. That sense of security will come in handy as he adjusts to a role reversal--watching the President defend him instead of the other way around...
Chinese divers Sun Shuwei and Fu Mingxia are poised to repeat their 1992 victories in men's and women's platform, respectively; Fu is favored in springboard as well. Mark Lenzi of the U.S., the springboard winner in Barcelona, ended a 20-month retirement to defend his title...
...major news events. Nightline aired groundbreaking debates about South African apartheid and the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the organizing of which were diplomatic feats almost as impressive as those later achieved at bargaining tables. Controversial figures, from Ferdinand Marcos to Lani Guinier, used the show as a platform to defend themselves; others, like former baseball executive Al Campanis, were undone...
...Warner has to defend his ideological credentials, it's because he's suddenly vulnerable. While he's the most durable Republican in Virginia history, his nomination for a fourth term is now in doubt. James Miller, 53, once Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, is challenging Warner from the right in next week's primary by playing the populist against Warner's clubby image as a moderate Senate elder. The contest is full of ironies. For one, Warner supported Miller against Oliver North when the two were vying for the state's other Senate seat in 1994. For another, in that...
...hero who plays a scene decked out in white tie and tails. In Meet John Doe, Gary Cooper battles the fascistic schemes of the super-rich Edward Arnold, who is seen in an elegant dining room complete with tuxedo and cigar. In Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Cooper must defend himself against a courtroom full of slickly dressed, high-priced, big-city lawyers. In It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart's George Bailey learns that without his good heart and small-town values, the whole town of Bedford Falls would have fallen to the corrupt greed of Mr. Potter...