Word: defending
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...foreign correspondents of American newspapers incompetent ? Ayes and nays ring out in united dissonance. Editor and Publisher, trade paper of newspaperdom, took an attitude which moved editors to defend their correspondents. Herbert Bayard Swope, Executive Editor of The New York World, led the editors, ejaculating: "One would think . . . that America lacked trained observers in Europe and elsewhere! Surely ... a false impression! All of the great American newspapers maintain groups of able correspondents abroad, who are thoroughly equipped to do the job, as best it can be done. . . . These writers are, primarily, collectors of facts. The interpretations placed upon their expositions...
...small college. For the Tufts team, coached by the All-Proficient Eddie Casey, will, in general, use the same "system" which the University uses. Coach Fisher's men will find themselves attempting to gain ground against a team employing their own defensive tactics, and, vice versa, will have to defend themselves against an attack on the same kind. That is true, in general...
...Daily Express (London) : " Before we organize a Fascismo to defend our dead, Shakespeare may be whisked off to Salt Lake City, Milton may be planted in Schenectady, Shelley in Bitter Creek, Dickens in Denver, Tennyson in Tallahassee, and William Penn in Penobscot...
...fateful decade which preceded the spark of war which set fire to the world. He is not concerned with a philosophical disputation of cause nor with the false logic of effect; his book is a narrative of events, events which Mr. Asquith tried to control. He does not defend his actions and rarely resorts to criticizing the actions of others. His book is a record of events, the facts of which are marshaled in orderly array; it is history written like a superb piece of prêcis writing; no verbosity, no propaganda, no distortion, just the truth and facts...
...free from any sudden attack; according to present indications we are not likely to throw ourselves at the first opportunity into possible European conflicts; while if preparedness is needed for imperialistic reasons in the Caribbean or in South America, it has not even the excuse of necessity to defend it. Harvard has done well to offer Military Science in elective courses and to support an R. O. T. C. unit; to go beyond this would be contrary to the Harvard tradition of elective courses and would be ridiculous were it not inconceivable...