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`` On trial in Jakarta for having flown for the Indonesian anti-Communist insurgents, U.S. pilot Alan Lawrence Pope boldly told the court that in supporting the freedom fighters, he was actually defending the sovereignty and independence of Indonesia.

It was not even in writing Latin epigrams, sometimes bawdy ones, or in translating Lucian from Greek into Latin or in defending the study of Greek against the attack of conservative academics, or in attacking the conservative theologians who opposed Erasmus's philological study of the New Testament.

In fact, they live as monogamous pairs, with their young, defending the same territory.

It is thus much better equipped for fulfilling its civil roles as opposed to providing a deterrence against would-be aggressors or in defending the nation during a war.

He belonged to a respectable family of political background, especially since his father served as Governor of Herat who died in a battle defending the Afghans.

Throughout history, the army has played a major role in defending the country's sovereignty.

" Approval from Louis arrived on 27 June: Tallard was to reinforce Marsin and the Elector on the Danube via the Black Forest, with 40 battalions and 50 squadrons ; Villeroi was to pin down the Allies defending the Lines of Stollhofen, or, if the Allies should move all their forces to the Danube, he was to join with Marshal Tallard ; and General de Coignies with 8, 000 men, would protect Alsace.

Realising his tactical mistake had contributed to Tallard's defeat in the centre, Clérambault deserted Blenheim and the 27 battalions defending the village, and reportedly drowned in the Danube while attempting to make his escape.

In 107 BC, the Battle of Burdigala was fought by the Romans who were defending the Allobroges, an allied Roman tribe, and the Tigurini led by Divico.

This splitting of the book ’ s composition began to be challenged in the mid-twentieth century, with scholars defending the unity of the book, the plausibility of the prophet combining a contemporary and apocalyptic outlook, and later additions by the prophet.

Both males are females will incubate, with the male often incubating at night and, during the day, defending the nest territory during the day while the female incubates.

But you do not defend the British Army by defending the indefensible.

In the most famous case of policy failure, Black Wednesday, George Soros arbitraged the pound sterling's relationship to the ECU and ( after making $ 2 billion himself and forcing the UK to spend over $ 8bn defending the pound ) forced it to abandon its policy.

He spent most of his time defending the eastern border against invasions by the aggressive Sassanid Empire under king Shapur II.

Mather somewhat clarified the contradictory advice he had given in Return of the Several Ministers, by defending the use of spectral evidence.

In the “ Querelle du Roman de la Rose ,” she responded to Jean de Montreuil, who had written her a treatise defending the misogynist sentiments in the Romance of the Rose.

The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo () is the state military organisation responsible for defending the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Volkssturm defending the Oder River February 1945

Polycrates ( c. 190 ), however wrote to Victor defending the antiquity of Asian Quartodecimanism.

H. defensa aids in defending the insect from parasitoids.

During the first siege, Ephrem credits Bishop Jacob as defending the city with his prayers.

Although the Romans won a clear victory over the Carthaginian relief force at the Battle of Agrigentum, the Carthaginian army defending the city managed to escape.

Because of the invasions, the first Captain General was sent to Fuerteventura, charged with defending the island in the name of the crown.

The Russians remained active on the south-eastern front, however, defending the approaches to Petrograd.

The armed forces, though formally responsible for defending the country's territorial integrity, were really during that period focused upon national development tasks, including agricultural, industrial, and construction tasks.