Years ago while interning at the Houston Defender, I remember writing an editorial about a Texas ACLU lawyer and member of the NAACP defending a leader of the Ku Klux Klan, who was being ordered to turn over membership rolls of the group.
Byrd was the fierce -- most fierce defender of not only the state, but the way of life -- I think the most fierce defender that probably this state has ever known in its history.
Mr. ROLAND MARTIN (Executive Editor, Chicago Defender): Well, I mean, first of all, John Shinstack(ph), when he died, left the paper to the trust and--for them to do as they so wished.
First of all, whenever people ask me, why isn't Washington working -- I am a fierce defender of the integrity and hard work of individual members, which is, by the way, matched up by --when you look at polls, people hate Congress, but individual members a lot of them feel are really working hard on their behalf.
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"I rate the World Tour Finals after Grand Slams as the biggest event in our sport, so being the title defender is a big responsibility, but I don't think I'm the favourite, " he tells BBC Sport after the photo call ends.
Now, I have long been a vigorous defender of free markets.
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The games were Space Invaders, Asteroids, Missile Command, Pac-Man, Robotron, Tempest, Centipede, Defender, Joust, and Galaga, which I did become passably proficient at and which, if I see it now, in a pizzeria or an airport, still inspires me to hunt for change.
As an advocate for free expression and defender of the "Danish cartoons" about Mohammed, I disagree.
"I promise to tell the truth about every minute of what I went through, " said Manchester United defender Evra.
"Over a short period I definitely can do it, " the defender said when he was asked if he could play in every match.
"That's a big attraction for any player and I am no different, " the former Everton defender said.
When I decided to leave Dallas and join the Chicago Defender in 2004, it was a difficult choice.
"I love what I'm doing, and as long as someone's daft enough to pay me to play football why should I knock it back, " joked the veteran defender.
"We've had two good seasons defensively but I don't think we score, " the defender told BBC Radio Stoke.
"I saw a lot of good things, " the former Belgium defender said.
"For the first time, I think the club is moving in the right direction, " said defender Heath Pearce.
And I think that if you look at his record he is absolutely the same kind of defender of consumers in the financial world as Elizabeth Warren has been in her service.
"For somebody who hasn't played a great deal of football at his club, I think he's shown great faith in the lad, " said the former Everton defender.
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