Word: defending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week it became known that Henry Ford for the first time in many years had been reached by a minion of the law. Result: he was scheduled to appear next week in federal court, Grand Rapids, to defend a $1,000,000 libel suit brought by famed farm-organizer, Aaron Sapiro, Jew, of Chicago. Inconspicuously, came news that Senator Reed had been retained as Mr. Ford's chief counsel. Ford-Reed-the hyphen would certainly not injure Presidential-Candidate Reed...
...last Minister of Interior Maximovitch rose to defend himself. He is a staunch royalist, a popular, impressive man. Feminine ears were attentive in the gallery...
...this year in Hemenway gymnasium the week-end of April 2. Awards will be given by the H. A. A. to the champions of each weight although the exact nature of these awards has not yet been determined. Three men who won championships in last year's tournament will defend their crowns again this year. G. N. Burns '29, who won the welterweight title last year will box in the light weight class in this tournament. F. R. Sullivan '27, bantam weight champion, and R. E. Johnson '27, middle weight title holder, will defend their crowns...
...told that the German Reichswehr numbers only 100,000 soldiers. But one must include 200,000 reservists who have served in the Reichswehr and would augment this perfectly drilled army overnight. . . .We are told that Germany plans only to defend her own frontier with these forces. I warn you that the German war theory now, as before the War, involves swift attack and the occupation of a large portion of Belgium. German military philosophy may be summed up in three rules: Work fast, attack, and carry the war into the enemy's territory...
...Honan province the local "Scholar" War Lord Wu Pei-fu was holding back troops of the Peking War Lord Chang Tso-lin which had been despatched to defend Shanghai from the Nationalists by the Peking-Manchuria faction...