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It opposes necessary structural reforms in order to
defend
its clients’ rent-seeking practices; rejects citizen candidacies in favor of unaccountable party elites; recoils from union modernization, owing to the corporatist practices that it implemented; and refuses to dismantle the monopolies that it established.
Likewise, taking ruthless measures to
defend
US interests did not start with Trump.
Women are not necessarily better than men at governing, but they often have different perspectives and habits of engagement that can be essential for cutting through the standoffs created by the need to
defend
male egos.
So he couldn’t
defend
himself.
Republicans, trying to give voice to many working Americans’ ambient uneasiness with rising government expenditures, as well as to the growing anger of the working rich, find it easier to
defend
a principle than a particular constituency.
However, even elderly Tea Party Republicans, who are typically against big government,
defend
these programs because they view them as a form of property right, paid for when they worked.
Not only do many
defend
their entitlements strongly; some oppose growth in other types of public spending for fear that it will weaken the government’s ability to pay for the benefits that they believe they are owed.
A country subject to rocket attacks from across its border has a right to
defend
itself, even if its own actions can be construed as having provoked the attacks, and the attacks themselves are relatively ineffective.
It would also be self-defeating strategically: the soft but intense power of the democratic values that the West claims to
defend
constitutes the most effective defense against Chinese influence operations.
As Saint Augustine supposedly said, “The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to
defend
it.
Let it loose, and it will
defend
itself.”
"You do not have to be a child to
defend
the rights of children."
Republicans have been in a panic that they might lose both the House and the Senate, though the latter is less likely, given that many more Democratic than Republican incumbents must
defend
their seats.
Those who
defend
Stalin’s reputation credit him with lifting millions out of poverty; but millions could have been lifted out of poverty without murdering and incarcerating millions more.
Others
defend
Stalin’s greatness on the basis of his role in repelling the Nazi invasion and ultimately defeating Hitler.
But the conflict is also between militants and moderates, fueled by neighboring rulers seeking to
defend
their interests and increase their influence.
Given that Asian countries naturally will uphold and
defend
IP rights more vigorously when they have more at stake, the West should look for ways to hasten this transition.
All parties to the Kyoto Protocol, including African nations, have a unique opportunity to influence the post-2012 debate and
defend
the inclusion of land-use projects in the emerging carbon market.
Even if impeached, he would still be president, and Republicans would be inclined to
defend
him even more fiercely.
Now, the party asserts, Turkey should work to
defend
its regional neighbors’ territorial integrity.
In a desperate effort to do something – anything – to
defend
their economies, they turned to protectionism, imposing “exchange-rate dumping” duties, and import quotas to offset the loss of competitiveness caused by their own increasingly overvalued currencies.
Abe wants Japan to become a “normal" country again, with the capacity to
defend
its interests and citizens wherever they are threatened.
But the risks that Japan faces – including an increasingly assertive China, a nuclear North Korea, and an Islamic State that has threatened to murder Japanese citizens abroad – have raised legitimate questions about whether the country needs greater latitude to
defend
itself.
But there can be no guarantee that the US will continue to
defend
Japan's interests indefinitely, particularly in any clash with China.
And while using financial sanctions to boost widely agreed global efforts such as nuclear nonproliferation, or to
defend
shared principles such as border sovereignty, may not always work, it is a widely accepted tactic.
Instead, many Latin American countries tried to
defend
the exchange rates by raising interest rates sharply.
Brazil spent $45 billion in foreign exchange reserves in a failed attempt to
defend
the currency, which ended up collapsing anyway in January 1999.
As welcome as Clinton’s recent clear words were on the need to
defend
the right of countries to decide their own fate, you don’t have to go very far in Europe to hear whispers that some kind of new “Finlandization” might be a reasonable compromise for countries like Ukraine and Georgia.
The idea that eliminating a wealth tax can benefit an entire economy is difficult to
defend.
This rejection came about despite the summit be structured in such a way as to promote and
defend
those interests.
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