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...tell you in all confidence my friends, these liberals are not only anti-American; they are cruel. Not only do they allow the lazy and destitute to live the good life at our expense, they wallow in persecuting our nation's most defenseless class, our soldiers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: D A R T B O A R D | 3/11/1995 | See Source »

...language of Poland. Having lived in a country that had to fight for its existence in the face of the aggressions of its neighbors, I have understood what exploitation is. I put myself immediately on the side of the poor, the disinherited, the oppressed, the marginalized and the defenseless...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Paul II : Lives of the Pope | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

Unsure of what to do, a small group of American soldiers, who had landed only hours before, stood aside to let the trio pass. Once inside the terminal, the Haitian officers began methodically beating their silent and defenseless prisoner. Listening to the sickening thud of fists on flesh, one of the U.S. soldiers turned his face away and exclaimed, "They're really messing him up. And we can't do anything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Taking Charge on the Ground | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...killing individual cells in the body's all-important immune system that the AIDS virus wreaks its terrible havoc. The virus itself isn't deadly, but it leaves the body defenseless against all sorts of diseases that are. Other viruses, like Ebola, kill immune cells too, but very quickly; the dead cells form massive, deadly blood clots. Still others, hantavirus, for example, trigger a powerful reaction in which immune cells attack both the invading virus and the host's healthy cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE: The Killers All Around | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...even if one can understand the President's inability to block the spread of nuclear weapons, it is harder to understand his leaving us defenseless should they ever be fired our way. If we cannot deny outlaw states the Bomb, why are we not defending ourselves against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time for a Little Panic | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

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