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...liberties as human beings and as Americans include the freedom of association. This is what allows us to band together and accomplish common goals in civil society. Sometimes affiliations we dislike limit membership and advocate causes we disagree with, but we must defend that as their right. Just rules and laws cannot selectively favor causes we like and attempt to constrain those we do not. Our rights must be grounded in a firm foundation of justice, and not upon the changing winds of arbitrary legislation...
Though some say university presidents make too much money, others defend the wages saying they are well-deserved...
...can’t try to outmuscle a lot of guys,” Capouch said. “I have to be the best position player out there to defend against the bigger guys...
...advance to the gold medal game, and both sides want to win badly. Though the Canadians have won all seven World Championship hockey tournaments, they have yet to win a gold medal after falling to the U.S. at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. The U.S. is eager to defend its title and take advantage of a rare opportunity to win a gold medal on its own soil...
...Late last week he began a mission with stops in Russia, India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to defend the war and buck up support among coalition partners. On the agenda in Uzbekistan will be an expanded U.S. use of bases there as America begins to contemplate something it very much wishes to avoid: inserting a substantial ground force into the region...