Word: defending
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--The judge in the Iran-Contra case ruled today that Oliver L. North, John M. Poindexter and two other defendants each be tried separately, so they can defend themselves using each other's congressional testimony given under a grant of limited immunity...
...alumni had in fact asked Yale President Benno C. Schmidt the previous day "When are you going to get rid of that dingy mess out there?" according to Charney, who was at Yale for his 20th reunion. He said that although Schmidt received applause at the symposium when he defended the shanties as an expression of free speech, the crowd reacted with mixed applause and boos when the president went on to defend Yale's $161 million in South Africa- linked holdings...
...Crimson heavyweight team goes on to defend its national collegiate title at the Cincinnati Regatta next weekend...
South Africa said it is prepared to train and equip troops in Mozambique to defend a 700-mile regional power grid that will resume service later this year. The move could ease tensions between the two countries over allegations that South Africa backs rebels who are trying to topple the Mozambican government...
...past ten months, Canada has been seeking to acquire a fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines, as many as a dozen vessels costing at least $6.5 billion, to defend its coastal waters. The Pentagon has opposed the idea, saying Canada would be better off using the money to build up its conventional arsenal...