In this scheme, people would be represented in government by a party or organization that defended the interests of their particular occupation or industry, not a particular ideology.

Kelly also defended the medium against possible government regulation in the McCarthy era.

David had his own pupils, about 40 to 50, and was commissioned by the government to paint " Horace defended by his Father ", but he soon decided, " Only in Rome can I paint Romans.

The Holt government significantly increased Australia's military involvement in the war and Holt vehemently defended U. S. policy in the region.

" In June 2002, shortly after the Israeli government launched Operation Defensive Shield, Nasrallah gave a speech in which he defended and praised suicide bombings of Israeli targets by members of Palestinian groups for " creating a deterrence and equalizing fear.

The Minister for the Environment was criticised for allegedly changing the law to suit one company and other agencies protested the law change as damaging to small businesses while the government defended their decision stating that the move was a positive one for Irish consumers.

It is said that on this occasion Wycliffe served as theological counsel to the government, composed a polemical tract dealing with the tribute, and defended an unnamed monk over against the conduct of the government and parliament.

Israel defended its actions by informing the Lebanese government that it was responsible for encouraging the PFLP.

In 2000, the Chief of the NARA Document Conservation Laboratory defended the lack of a mass deacidification program by pointing to differences between library and archival collections, for example noting that many of the papers coming to NARA were of a higher quality than those in library collections ; that the Archives does not receive records from Federal government agencies until they are at least 30 years old, by which time acidic paper will have already been

Friedman defended his activity in Chile on the grounds that, in his opinion, the adoption of free market policies not only improved the economic situation of Chile but also contributed to the amelioration of Pinochet's rule and to the eventual transition to a democratic government during 1990.

The withdrawal of most U. S. forces from South Korea in June 1949 left the southern government defended only by a weak and inexperienced South Korean army.

The Yugoslav government claimed the NATO attacks were a terror campaign against the country while NATO defended its actions as being legal.

Minister of Colonies Jan Anne Jonkman defended the Linggadjati Agreement in Parliament in 1946 by stating that the government wished for New Guinea to remain under Dutch sovereignty, arguing it could be a settlement for Eurasians.

Mr. Ashcroft nonetheless defended the program, equivocating on whether the reports by citizens on fellow citizens would be maintained in government databases.

Therefore I say to Anthony, I say to the British government, there is no count at all upon which they can be defended. They have besmirched the name of Britain.

Even so the Polytechnic students defended their campuses against the army for more than twelve hours, and the Mexican government never forgave the Polytechnic for presenting such a resistance.

During this situation, the victims became emotionally attached to their captors, rejected assistance from government officials at one point and even defended them after they were freed from their six-day ordeal.

Nevertheless, the aid received enabled the liberals to overcome the conservatives ' initial military advantage ; Juárez's government successfully defended Veracruz from assault twice during 1860 and recaptured Mexico City on 1 January 1861.

Bouterse always denied being guilty and defended his conviction by claiming that the star witness in the case, Patrick van Loon, was bribed by the Dutch government.

Russian President Vladimir Putin defended the scale and violence of the assault in a televised address later on the morning of 26 October, stating that the government had " achieved the near impossible, saving hundreds, hundreds of people " and that the rescue " proved it is impossible to bring Russia to its knees ".

The draining of the Ancholme Level was a lesser project among the fenland " improvements " undertaken under contracts to patentees by the government of Charles I in the 1630s ; " With the possible exception of the Ancholme Level the draining of the fens was executed and defended by a continuous and unscrupulous use of the power and authority of the royal government to manipulate local institutions and to overawe the local populace.

For over 40 years, the church and the United States were at odds over the issue: the church defended the practice as a matter of religious freedom, while the federal government aggressively sought to eradicate it, consistent with prevailing public opinion.

The Irish playwright Hugh Kelly a prominent supporter of the government, defended the right of the army to use force against riotors.

This statement recalls the 1959 Berlin crisis, when President Eisenhower first told reporters that Berlin could not be defended with conventional weapons and then added that a nuclear defense was out of the picture too.

Gresham defended Landis, stating that Cleveland would have to fire both of them, and the President relented, later finding out that he was mistaken in accusing Landis.

The Kamajors, a group of traditional fighters mostly from the Mende ethnic group under the command of deputy Defence Minister Samuel Hinga Norman, remained loyal to President Kabbah and defended the Southern part Sierra Leone from the soldiers.

Grant, however, defended himself in a written response to the President, which became public knowledge ; Grant thereby increased his national popularity and emerged from the controversy unscathed.

In January 2005, Pinker defended Lawrence Summers, President of Harvard University, whose comments about a gender gap in mathematics and science angered much of the faculty.

The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste President, Mario Beaulieu, defended the decision to cancel these musicians ' performances, by stating that the official language of Quebec is French.

In one of the most prominent condemnations of Soviet human rights abuses by any U. S. President, Ronald Reagan, during his Presidency, labeled the Soviet Union an " evil empire " and several influential anti-communist intellectuals defended the label.

While serving in the Reagan administration, Olson defended President Reagan during the Iran-Contra affair.

Cox was the great-grandson of William M. Evarts, who defended President Andrew Johnson during his impeachment hearing and became Secretary of State in Rutherford B. Hayes ' administration.

In 1958, local NAACP Chapter President Robert F. Williams defended a nine-year-old African-American boy who had been kissed by a white girl in an incident known as the Kissing Case.

The public practice of polygamy (“ plural marriage ”) by the church was announced and defended in 1852 by one of the Council of the Twelve Apostles, Elder Orson Pratt, by the request of the church President at that time, Brigham Young.

Barbara Bush defended her husband's experience and personal qualities when he announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 1980.

Taped remarks from the President were aired from Barksdale Air Force Base, stating that " freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward and freedom will be defended.

It was the only daily paper in Britain to oppose the Kosovo War, denouncing North Atlantic Treaty Organization military intervention, and consistently defended Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, according to other far-left publications.

In an editorial, the New York World defended the right of the press to cover the President at all times: The idea of offending the bachelor sensitiveness of President Cleveland or the maidenly reserve of his bride has been far from anybody's thought … We must insist that the President is public property ; that it is perfectly legitimate to send correspondents and reporters to follow him when he goes on a journey, and to keep watch over him and his family.

They sued Soong for theft, alleging that as party Secretary-General, he stole millions of Taiwan dollars in cash intended for the family of the late President Chiang Ching-kuo and hid the money in the Chunghsing Bills Finance Co. Soong defended himself by saying he was acting under Lee's direction, but his story was largely unpersuasive.

Nicolae Cajal, a Romanian Jewish member of the Romanian Academy of Sciences and the President of the Jewish Communities ' Federation of Romania from 1994 to 2004, defended recognition of Paulescu's scientific work, saying there is a need to distinguish between individuals ' private views and their scientific merit and that his father, a student of Paulescu, had admired Paulescu for his scientific skills though he disagreed ( as a Jew ) with Paulescu's anti-Semitic views.

Léon M ' ba, before becoming the first President of Gabon in 1960, defended the Bwiti religion and the use of iboga in French colonial courts.

On the international front, Bourguiba took a pro-Western position in the Cold War, but with a fiercely defended independent foreign policy that challenged the leadership of the Arab League by Egyptian President Nasser.

In the first, he defended the action of Lord Ellenborough, who, as President of the Board of Control, had not only censured Lord Canning for a proclamation issued by him as Governor-General of India but had made public the despatch in which the censure was conveyed.

On April 13, 2008, Shays defended President Bush's Iraq policy to a town meeting in his home district, telling them, " I support the President on Iraq.