Word: defending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Needless to say, while no one at Mather defends homophobia, we were shocked by the misuse of fact that underlaid the action in the dining hall. The individual the group came to defend had sexually harassed my friend, and other instances are known when he has exhibited similarly unacceptable behavior. Unfortunately, the group's attack on homophobia could only be understood by many of us as an endorsement of that individual...
...NOTEBOOK: Harvard faces Penn next week at Philadelphia, where it hopes to win the title outright. A win would give the Harvard seniors Ivy titles in all four of their years. "We should be able to beat Penn," freshman Stephanie Wired said...After Penn, the Crimson will attempt to defend its Easterns title the following weekend at Penn St. Cornell Coach Joe Lucia thinks this goal can be attained. "It should be a great meet, Lucia said. "I hope Harvard beats the scholarship schools and that the title stays in the league." As usual, the main competition will come from...
...gang-murder in Chinatown. Woods plays a jaded lawyer who was once a great civil-rights attorney, and Downey portrays an idealistic young law-school graduate who has come to New York to work for his idol, Dodd. True, Dodd has done nothing for the past ten years but defend drug dealers, but somehow Baron is unaware of this fact. Yet it doesn't matter, for with his perky attitude and strong moral consciousness Baron has no problem convincing Dodd to give up the drug work and defend the innocent once again...
...members of the Cambridge Citizens for Liveable Neighborhoods conclude that most City Councillors have neither enough integrity nor technical skill to define and defend the public interest in matters of urban development. R. Philip Dowds Member, Steering Committee Citizens for Liveable Neighborhoods
Cabinet secretaries and department heads will continue to appear before the House Ways and Means Committee throughout the week to defend their budget recommendations. The committee plans to hold public hearings on the budget at the end of the week...