Word: defending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...AAUP asked the administration to instruct the university attorney to handle Kerciu's case. Although the university requested the State College Board to appoint a special attorney to defend Kercui, the Board had not acted when Blackwell dropped his charges...
...controversy engendered by the HCUA report has centered around allegations that students are often told in Government 1, "You would have gotten an A (or B) but I can only give out so many." Any section man who tells that to a student does not have the courage to defend his grading before the review committee, Rodman declared, reiterating that the course has no inflexible quotas for various grade levels...
...skips into the realm of political suggestion (usually to regret that the conservatives have hampered the Kennedy Administration). He provides no critique, however, of the New Deal responses to poverty and their current applicability. Nostalgic references to bygone CIO militance indicate Harrington's hope that revitalized trade unionism can defend the economic rights of American labor. But in a section on the Packinghouse Workers, he fails to show why a strong and honest union could not prevent the implementation of automation at human expense...
...result of his vote, is of course, not all that perilous politically. He merely has to vote for the civil rights bill when it comes up to satisfy his outraged constituents as to the correctness of his intentions. But, on the other hand, few Senators would feel obligated to defend such an obstructionist theory of government at a time which called for action, regardless of their true feelings. Part of this comes from his naturally honest and unassuming character, but a good deal of it comes from his belief that the people will listen to him regardless of what they...
...Himself. Last week, 150.000 screaming fans jammed Rio de Janeiro's cavernous Maracana Stadium to watch Pele's team, the Santos Futebol Clube champions of Brazil, defend their national title against Rio's hard-running Botafogo club. It was no contest. The lithe, handsome Pelé had the day to himself, stealing the ball, caroming pinpoint passes off the top of his head, foot-dribbling around Botafogo defenders as if they were rooted in concrete. Santos ran up a quick three-goal lead. Then, while delirious fans shouted "Pay-lay! Pay-lay!". Pelé personally administered...