Word: defend
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...open letter to T. N. Carver, David A. Wells Professor of Political Economy, inviting him to defend in a public debate his views in opposition to public ownership of public utilities, was Issued yesterday by the Harvard Socialist Club. Either H. C. Broun '10 or Norman Thomas, both prominent members of the Socialist Party, will oppose Professor Carver if he is willing to accept the challenge, according to indications made by A. R. Whitman '34, president of the Socialist Club...
...letter states that the club is under the impression that Professor Carver holds views opposite to the fundamental socialist principles of public ownership of utilities. Since he is a prominent ex- ponent of conservatism in politics, he is asked to defend his stand in a public debate...
...rushing to defend Scot MacDonald against the charge of deliberate perfidy his friends stubbed their toes upon these points: 1) the Passfield Declaration was issued just before the Indian Round Table Conference with its immense Mohammedan contingent convened in London (TIME, Nov. 24, et seq.); 2) so long as the Conference sat, not all the Jews in Christendom could move Mr. MacDonald by their incessant pleas, threats, demands; 3) so soon as the Indian Conference adjourned and its Mohammedan members returned to India and reported favorably, just so soon did Scot MacDonald yield to the Jews...
...North Pole might as well have been mayor ; while he was in Chicago his head quarters were in a hotel room where he spent his time playing checkers with a policeman. He calls me loony. Did you ever see a shambling imbecile whose dis eased brain didn't defend its lunacy by snarling at others? To refer to him as a blubbering charlatan perhaps is charitable. Even a lunatic may not be charged with complete mental bankruptcy...
Propaganda & Intelligence, An organization operating throughout the world, often in conflict with local laws, must move secretly and be ready to defend itself against inevitable exposures...