Word: defending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...flowing. He must also try to maintain party discipline on key issues, which is frequently a futile mission among independent-minded Senators and committee chairmen who are in some cases more powerful than the nominal party leaders. Once party policy on a given issue is established, the whip should defend it. He must serve as a link between the leadership and the rank and file. If he is to live up to this charter, he must sacrifice a measure of political independence and physical mobility...
...most other predictable questions, Kennedy can be expected generally to defend the established liberal viewpoint. His specific ideas remain for the moment as uncertain as Nixon's. Nevertheless, Ted Kennedy has made large promises that go beyond the technical confines of his new post. He has pledged to promote an independent Democratic program. He vows that the Senate "must be made responsive to the demand of the people for institutions that are more relevant." How close he comes to fulfilling these self-imposed demands will be an absorbing subject not only for his fellow legislators and the new President...
...lines of communications within Brandeis have always been open and have been blocked only by the force employed by those who have seized the facilities," Abrams said. He went on to defend the university's record in dealing with black programs...
...seized Madrid and surrendered the city to Franco in hopes of ending the bloodshed; of a heart attack; in Madrid. One of the few professional officers to march under the Loyalist banner, Casado was nevertheless distrustful of the Communists in Loyalist forces; in 1939, when the Reds vowed to defend Madrid to the death, he turned on his former allies and imprisoned their leaders, thus effectively ending the battle...
Control Data filed suit partly because it became convinced that the Justice Department would not act against IBM. As expected, IBM vowed to "vigorously defend" itself against the charges brought by what it called its "spectacularly successful competitor." It said that the industry, far from being noncompetitive, includes some of the country's most powerful companies.* Then too, the history of Control Data, which was started by Norris only eleven years ago, demonstrates that IBM competitors can succeed. In about a decade, IBM noted, Control Data's assets have grown from less than...