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A reverent profile of John le Carré defends him from the lowly designation of "spy novelist" and bemoans his under-recognition in literary circles.
Asked if he still defends his earlier, anti-Anita Hill sexological snooping, Brock unenthusiastically says "Yeah." ...
He defends the cultural-studies journal Social Text and the field of "science studies," even after they were humiliated through a brilliant prank by physicist Alan Sokal.
The Washington Legal Foundation a Washington, D.C., organization that defends private property rights sued in federal court in 1997 to overturn the practice.
The introduction defends the concept of ranking (it cuts through late 20 th -century "data smog," and besides other magazines do it too).