Word: defending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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DEFENSE: "The real test is to provide security in a way that effectively deters aggression and does not itself weaken the values and institutions we seek to defend. This demands the most careful calculation and balance, as well as steadiness of purpose, not to be disturbed by noisy trumpeting...
...church must maintain its right and duty to advise laymen on how to vote in elections, and those who profess or defend Communistic, materialistic or anti-Christian principles may not be married in a religious ceremony (which means not being married at all in the eyes of the church) or serve as godparents in baptisms and confirmations. Laymen may not attend non-Catholic church services or argue religion in public with non-Catholics...
...good news promptly backfired in Gates's face. When reporters at his midweek press conference questioned him skeptically about the new intelligence estimate, he was unable to defend it, because even a vague explanation would have involved national secrets. Result: during one of the roughest press-conference pummelings that veteran Washington newsmen could recall, Gates lamely conceded that the new cheerfulness about the missile gap was based on an estimate of how many missiles the U.S.S.R. intended to make over the next few years rather than how many it would be capable of making...
Bozzy's law practice prospered. Most of his cases were civil matters, but generosity and a liking for publicity prompted him to defend a succession of penniless thieves and murderers. His most notable case gives the volume a somber ending. With great eloquence, Boswell defends John Reid, who is accused of sheep stealing. The man is condemned to the gallows, apparently more because of poor reputation than any commanding weight of evidence. Boswell fights hard for a commutation but gets only a short stay of execution...
...struck back last week. Having obtained the names of a few students who planned to study for their exams, the Department of Buildings and Grounds moved swiftly: teams of painters were dispatched to the students' bathrooms. Despite piteous scenes as undergraduates, enfeebled by weeks of reading period, tried to defend their commodes, work began...