Word: defend
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...molded the lives of millions of victims of global capitalism and brought them to an epoch that demands collective dedication to the cause of eradicating racism and repression. She insists that her response to these forces has been unexceptional--that her political involvement is "the natural, logical way to defend our embattled humanity." The only extraordinary event during her lifetime-her rescue from persecution and death by millions throughout the world--had nothing to do with her as an individual, Davis says, and could easily have befallen another brother or sister...
...built in Cambridge and what stage the negotiations are at; (2) what citizens can do to prevent the building of the library/museum and the onslaught of tourism it will bring. Political and monetary power can commit quiet outrages unless the public is informed and can act to defend its own interests. S.M. Smith
When O'Connor learned about that backstage Washington dickering, he was livid. He felt that NBC, by seeking to avoid a fight before the commission, had created the impression that his case was weak. Counters WMAQ General Manager Len Schulman: "We're not going to defend every case in every court to protect Len's reputation...
...Connor, who has won a number of local Emmys and Illinois Associated Press awards, has stopped his televised attacks on the network for now but is threatening to sue NBC unless the network gives him a written promise that henceforth it will defend him whenever a viewer lodges a formal complaint. He argues that his contract already contains an implied assurance of support...
...control; when overcrowded or undernourished, the rabbit "resorbs" its embryos in utero. Adams' industrious Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig are pelt-deep fictions; in the real world, male rabbits are lallygagging drones. The does, contrary to those powder puffs in Watership Down, dig the burrows, run the homes and defend their young with Amazonian ferocity against such formidable enemies as the ferret, stoat and weasel...