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This is the rhetoric of righteousness the beatniks use in defending their way of life, their search for wholeness, though their actual existence fails to reach these `` religious '' heights.
" When Congress, in the summer of 1973, legislated an end to U. S. military action in, over, or off the shores of Indochina, the only U. S. military activity then going on was air support of a friendly Cambodian government and army desperately defending their country against a North Vietnamese and Khmer Rouge onslaught ... What destabilized Cambodia was North Vietnam's occupation of chunks of Cambodian territory from 1965 onwards for use as military bases from which to launch attacks on U. S. and South Vietnamese forces in South Vietnam.
The original authors published a subsequent paper in 2008 defending their conclusions.
The chief minister of the state, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, recognized the role the women had played in defending their villages without guns.
Gold reserves are held in significant quantity by many nations as a means of defending their currency, and hedging against the U. S. Dollar, which forms the bulk of liquid currency reserves.
When World War II broke out in 1939, New Zealanders saw their proper role as defending their proud place in the British Empire.
They live in groups of up to eight adults, plus the current season's young, all sharing a nest and defending their territory, an example of helping at the nest.
Similar statements were issued by the Navajo Nation, defending their work in maintaining and promoting the monument.
Le Pen is ( supposedly, even though no actual proof nor confirmation exist ) the godfather of the third daughter of Dieudonné M ' bala M ' bala, a comedian, political activist, and anti-zionist of French-African descent who moved from fighting against the Front National to being very close to most of its senior members and defending their freedom of speech in French media.
Citizens defending their property undoubtedly played a major role.
The necessity of defending their religion against the attacks of other philosophies induced many Jewish leaders to define and formulate their beliefs.
Auks live on the open sea and only go ashore for breeding, although some species, like the Common Guillemot, spend a great part of the year defending their nesting spot from others.
After successfully but narrowly defending their manufacturers ' title in 2001, Peugeot Sport dominated the 2002 season, taking eight wins in the hands of Grönholm and Gilles Panizzi.
In his writings, Tolkien depicted Hobbits as fond of an unadventurous, bucolic and simple life of farming, eating, and socializing, although capable of defending their homes courageously if the need arises.
Since there are passages in Luther's works that could be taken to support either of these meanings, both sides were able to quote passages from Luther defending their interpretation of what he meant.
Of the attacks, 73 % involved the birds expecting or snatching food, 5 % involved defending natural food sources, 15 % involved defending themselves from attack, 7 % involved defending their chicks or eggs.
Nursing female leopard cats defending their nests were shot for their pelts, and the cubs were shipped off to pet stores worldwide.
The Islanders finished the 1983 – 84 regular season tied atop the Prince of Wales Conference while successfully defending their Patrick Division title.
At a meadow a mile from Edinburgh, there was a pavilion where Sir Patrick Hamilton and Patrick Sinclair played and fought in the guise of knights defending their ladies.
However the popular image depicts the episode as an act of vigilantism of aggressive foreign-owned firms against small individual settlers defending their rights.
In Puerto Rico in particular, the event had been eagerly awaited for, because it would be the first time the two Wilfredos would fight the same night and in the same ring, defending their world titles.
As a result, the critic wrote letters to The Times defending their work, later meeting them.
It tells the story of military lawyers at a court-martial who uncover a high-level conspiracy in the course of defending their clients, United States Marines accused of murder.
Although they did not typically fight as normal soldiers, women of the samurai class were expected to be capable of defending their homes while their husbands were away at war.
Rats will fluff up their hair, hiss, squeal, and move their tails around when defending their territory.

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